AMBUSH
ADVERBS
1552 — ABUSHMENTLY in ambush, by way of ambuscade → obs.
NOUNS
1200 — WAITING ambush, a lying in wait → obs.
1330 — WANLACE an ambush, an intercepting movement → obs.
1380 — ABUSHMENT ambush, ambushment → obs.
1465 — BUSHMENT a body of soldiers forming an ambush → obs.
1677 — BELAYING ambush, a lying in wait → obs.
1841 — AND-BUSH an ambush → Amer. dial.
1860 — TURKEY SHOOT an ambush; an easy killing → US Civil War usage
NOUNS, PERSON
1430 — WAITER a person who ambushes or lies in wait → obs.
1600 — WAIT-LAYER a person who ambushes or lies in wait → obs.
1935 — BUSHWHACKER a person who ambushes → Amer. dial.
1990 — JUMP-OUT BOY a person who performs an ambush → US sl.
VERBS
..825 — SIT to ambush or lie in wait → obs.
1200 — WAIT to ambush or lie in wait for; to watch with hostile intent; to spy upon → obs.
1205 — KEEP to lie in ambush → obs.
1300 — ABUSCHE → ABUSH → ABUSHE → ABUSSE to ambush → obs.
1470 — BELAY to ambush; to waylay, to lie in wait for → obs.
1533 — TAKE UNDER WAIT to capture or surprise by an ambush → obs.
1567 — HUGGER to be concealed; to lie in ambush → obs.
1866 — BUSHWHACK to ambush; to attack by surprise → Amer. dial.
..L19 — SANDBAG to ambush; to take by surprise → sl., orig. US
1913 — LAYWAY to ambush; to waylay → Amer. dial.
1974 — CREEP to ambush someone with the intent of seriously injuring or killing them → US prison sl.
1989 — MOUSETRAP to ambush an enemy by drawing them into position with some sort of bait → US sl.
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