Wayk (?), a. Weak. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Way"lay` (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waylaid (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Waylaying.] [Way + lay.] To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in
the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize,
rob, or slay; to beset in ambush.
Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those men that we have
already waylaid.
Shak.
She often contrived to waylay him in his walks.
Sir W. Scott.
Way"lay`er (?), n. One who waylays another.
Way"less, a. Having no road or path; pathless.