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COY, a. Modest; silent; reserved; not accessible; shy; not easily condescending to familiarity.

Like Daphne she, as lovely and as coy.

COY, v.i.

1. To behave with reserve; to be silent or distant; to refrain from speech or free intercourse.

2. To make difficulty; to be backward or unwilling; not freely to condescend.

3. To smooth or stroke.

COY, for decoy, to allure. [Not in use.]



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COY, a. Modest; silent; reserved; not accessible; shy; not easily condescending to familiarity.

Like Daphne she, as lovely and as coy.

COY, v.i.

1. To behave with reserve; to be silent or distant; to refrain from speech or free intercourse.

2. To make difficulty; to be backward or unwilling; not freely to condescend.

3. To smooth or stroke.

COY, for decoy, to allure. [Not in use.]


COY,

for Decoy, to allure. [Not in use.] – Shak.


COY, a. [Fr. coi, or coy, quiet, still; contracted probably from the L. quietus, or its root, or from cautus.]

Modest; silent; reserved; not accessible; shy; not easily condescending to familiarity. Like Daphne she, as lovely and as coy. – Waller.


COY, v.i.

  1. To behave with reserve; to be silent or distant; to refrain from speech or free intercourse. – Dryden.
  2. To make difficulty; to be backward or unwilling; not freely to condescend. – Shak.
  3. To smooth or stroke. – Shak.

Coy
  1. Quiet; still.

    [Obs.] Chaucer.
  2. To allure] to entice; to decoy.

    [Obs.]

    A wiser generation, who have the art to coy the fonder sort into their nets.
    Bp. Rainbow.

  3. To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.

    [Obs.]

    Thus to coy it,
    With one who knows you too!
    Rowe.

  4. Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry.

    Coy, and difficult to win.
    Cowper.

    Coy and furtive graces.
    W. Irving.

    Nor the coy maid, half willings to be pressed,
    Shall kiss the cup, to pass it to the rest.
    Goldsmith.

  5. To caress with the hand; to stroke.

    Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed,
    While I thy amiable cheeks do coy.
    Shak.

  6. To make difficulty; to be unwilling.

    [Obs.]

    If he coyed
    To hear Cominius speak, I 'll keep at home.
    Shak.

  7. Soft; gentle; hesitating.

    Enforced hate,
    Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee.
    Shak.

    Syn. -- Shy; shriking; reserved; modest; bashful; backward; distant.

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Coy

COY, adjective Modest; silent; reserved; not accessible; shy; not easily condescending to familiarity.

Like Daphne she, as lovely and as coy

COY, verb intransitive

1. To behave with reserve; to be silent or distant; to refrain from speech or free intercourse.

2. To make difficulty; to be backward or unwilling; not freely to condescend.

3. To smooth or stroke.

COY, for decoy, to allure. [Not in use.]

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