[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wait \wait\, n. of. waite, guaite, gaite, f. guet watch,
   watching, guard, from ohg. wahta. see wait, v. i.
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   1. the act of waiting; a delay; a halt.
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            there is a wait of three hours at the border mexican
            town of el paso.                      --s. b.
                                                  griffin.
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   2. ambush. "an enemy in wait." --milton.
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   3. one who watches; a watchman. obs.
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   4. pl. hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used
      in the singular. obs. --halliwell.
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   5. pl. musicians who sing or play at night or in the early
      morning, especially at christmas time; serenaders; musical
      watchmen. written formerly wayghtes.
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            hark are the waits abroad?           --beau.  fl.
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            the sound of the waits, rude as may be their
            minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter
            night with the effect of perfect harmony. --w.
                                                  irving.
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   to lay wait, to prepare an ambuscade.

   to lie in wait. see under 4th lie.
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see also:
wait wayghtes to lay wait to lie in wait lie 

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