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English Dictionary: Coying by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coy \Coy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coyed} (koid); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Coying}.]
      1. To allure; to entice; to decoy. [Obs.]
  
                     A wiser generation, who have the art to coy the
                     fonder sort into their nets.               --Bp. Rainbow.
  
      2. To caress with the hand; to stroke.
  
                     Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, While I
                     thy amiable cheeks do coy.                  --Shak.
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