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Foray
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Spenser. The huge Earl Doorm, . . . Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey. Tennyson.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To pillage; to ravage. He might foray our lands. Sir W. Scott.