Definition of Forelay

1. v. t. To lay down beforehand.

Definition of Forelay

1. Verb. To lay down beforehand ¹

2. Verb. To waylay ¹

3. Verb. To plan, contrive in advance ¹

4. Verb. (simple past of forelie) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Forelay

1. to wait in ambush [v FORELAID, FORELAIN, FORELAYING, FORELAYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forelay

foreknowable
foreknower
foreknowing
foreknowingly
foreknowledge
foreknowledges
foreknown
foreknows
forel
foreladies
forelady
forelaid
forelain
foreland
forelands
forelay (current term)
forelays
forelead
foreleader
foreleaders
foreleg
forelegs
forelend
forelends
forelent
forelie
forelies
forelift
forelifted
forelifting

Literary usage of Forelay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1869)
"I have further ascertained that to “work by the great” is to work by the job or piece, and not by time; to “forelay” is to ..."

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