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peril; a device to entrap; a snare. Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege Or ambush from the deep. Milton.

One lying in ambush.

An ambush. [Obs.] 2 Chron. xiii. 13.

To ambush. [Obs.]

n wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.

Posted in ambush; ambuscaded. [Obs.]

A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed. [Obs.] Chaucer.

a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net. Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy. Thomson. E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Goldsmith.

Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac. "Demonic ambushes." Lowell.

An ambush. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush. [Obs.] Shelton.

An ambush. [Obs.]

To lie in wait for; to ambush. An ambushed thief forlays a traveler. Dryden.

ating, but are not decisive. We may then guess how far it was from his design. Milton. Of ambushed men, whom, by their arms and dress, To be Taxallan enemies I guess. Dryden.

To conceal; to lurk ambush. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

To lie in ambush for. [Obs.] Heywood.

One who lies in ambush. [Obs.] Barrow.

To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.

One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment. There were liers in a ambush against him. Josh. viii. 14.

One placed on watch, or in ambush.