v. t. [ Cf. Ambush, Imbosk. ] To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. embusshement, OF. embuschement, F. embûchement. ] An ambush. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. embûche, fr. the verb. See Ambush, v. t. ]
Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege
Or ambush from the deep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bold in close ambush, base in open field. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ambush arose quickly out of their place. Josh. viii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]
To lay an ambush,
v. t.
By ambushed men behind their temple laid,
We have the king of Mexico betrayed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nor saw the snake that ambushed for his prey. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One lying in ambush. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. embuschement. See Ambush, v. t. ] An ambush. [ Obs. ] 2 Chron. xiii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. embûche, fr. the verb. See Ambush, v. t. ]
Heaven, whose high walls fear no assault or siege
Or ambush from the deep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bold in close ambush, base in open field. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ambush arose quickly out of their place. Josh. viii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]
To lay an ambush,
v. t.
By ambushed men behind their temple laid,
We have the king of Mexico betrayed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nor saw the snake that ambushed for his prey. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One lying in ambush. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. embuschement. See Ambush, v. t. ] An ambush. [ Obs. ] 2 Chron. xiii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]