ambuscade, ambuscado

t. & i. [From the substantive.] A. Trans.: To place in ambush; to attack from a covert or lurking-place. "By the way, at Radgee Mahal, he was with such fury a aulted by Ebrahimcan (by this time reen cour aged and here ambuscado'd with six you sand horse), that little wanted of putting him to the rout." -Sir T. Herbert: Travels, p. 85. B. In trans. To lie in ambush. ăm-bus-ca-ding, pr . par . [AMBUSCADE, v.] "An ironic man, with his sly stillne , and ambus cading ways "-Carlyle: Sartor Resartus, bk. ii., ch. iv. ăm-bush, * ěm-bush, s . [From Fr. em bûche = ambush, embusquer = to lie in ambush; properly, to lie in a wood.] [AMBUSCADE.] 1. The state of lying or remaining concealed in a wood, in a clump of trees, or in any similar lurking-place, with the view of surprising a foe. ( Lit. & fig .) "Charge! charge! their ground the faint Tax all ans Bold in close ambush , base in open field." [yield, Dryden: Indian Emperor . 2. The act of attacking a foe from such a place of concealment. "Nor shall we need, With dangerous expedition, to invade Heav'n, whose high walls fear no a ault or siege, Or ambush from the deep." Milton : P. L., bk. ii. 3. The place where the party in concealment lies hid. (See No. 1.) "Then the earl maintained the fight; but the enemy intending to draw the English further into their ambush, turned away at an easy pace."-Hayward. 4. The soldiers or others lying in wait.. (a) Lit .: With the above meaning. "And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand." Josh. viii. 19. IMG:content-0450.jpg:[graphic] (b) Fig .: Unseen peril. "Me Mars inspired to turn the foe to flight, And tempt the secret ambush of the night." Pope : Homer's Ody ey , bk. xiv., 258-4. To lay an ambush: To place soldiers or other combatants in a suitable spot whence they may surprise an enemy. "Lay thee an ambush for the city behind it." Joshua viii. 2. "'Twas their own command, A dreadful ambush for the foe to lay." Pope : Homer ; Ody ey xiv. 529-80. To lie in ambush: To lie concealed in such a place till the time for action arrives. "And he took about five you sand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city."-Josh. viii. 12.