Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foray"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foray \For"ay\ (?; 277), n. [Another form of forahe. Cf.
{Forray}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foray \For"ay\, v. t.
To pillage; to ravage.
He might foray our lands. --Sir W.
Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
foray
n 1: a sudden short attack [syn: {raid}, {maraud}]
2: an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of
competence); "scientists' forays into politics"
v 1: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
[syn: {plunder}, {despoil}, {loot}, {reave}, {strip}, {rifle},
{ransack}, {pillage}]
2: briefly enter enemy territory
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