lier-in-wait

Updated: May 29, 2025

Now crawling, now springing from rock to rock, he worked his way half up to the crag, yet failed to catch a single glimpse of the lier-in-wait or to draw another shot. His conviction that he had killed the lurker became so firm that he stood erect to cover the remaining distance at a rush. From down across the arroyo came a sharp clatter of hoofs. He whirled, with his rifle at his shoulder.

Robert Ames Bennet - Bloom of Cactus

'I suppose so to any one who doesn't know. Well, where was I? Oh, George as good as told me I was deceiving him, and he wanted to go away without saying good-night. He hates standing a-tiptoe, but he must if I won't sit down. Conroy would have smiled, but the chill that foreran the coming of the Lier-in-Wait was upon him, and his hand closed warningly on hers.

Rudyard Kipling - A Diversity of Creatures