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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Foray

/(fŏr"ā̇ [or] fō̇*rā"; 277)/ · For·ay · IPA /ˈfɔɹ.eɪ/
01 n. A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
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    A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
    “The huge Earl Doorm, . . . Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey.” Tennyson.
02 v. t. To pillage; to ravage.
  1. 1.
    To pillage; to ravage.
    “He might foray our lands.” Sir W. Scott.