Definition for WAIT

WAIT, n.

Ambush. As a noun, this word is used only in certain phrases. To lie in wait, is to lie in ambush; to be secreted in order to fall by surprise on an enemy; hence figuratively, to lay snares, or to make insidious attempts, or to watch for the purpose of insnaring. – Josh. viii. In wait, is used in a like sense by Milton. To lay wait, to set an ambush. – Jer. ix.

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