[for.ay] vb [ME forrayen, fr. MF forrer, fr. forre fodder--more at forage] vt (14c) archaic: to ravage in search of spoils: pillage ~ vi: to make a raid or brief invasion "~ed into enemy territory" -- for.ay.er n
[2]foray n (14c) 1: a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils: raid
2: a brief excursion or attempt esp. outside one's accustomed sphere "the novelist's ~ into nonfiction"