Definition of coy

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Coy (a.) Soft; gentle; hesitating.

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Coyness :: Coyness (n.) The quality of being coy; feigned o/ bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve.
Coy :: Coy (v. t.) To allure; to entice; to decoy.
Fowl :: Fowl (v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc..
Nutria :: Nutria (n.) The fur of the coypu. See Coypu.
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them..
Coy :: Coy (v. i.) To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.
Rope :: Rope (v. t.) To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters..
Coyly :: Coyly (adv.) In a coy manner; with reserve.
Crimp :: Crimp (n.) One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
Coy :: Coy (a.) Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry..
Octodont :: Octodont (a.) Of or pertaining to the Octodontidae, a family of rodents which includes the coypu, and many other South American species..
Coy :: Coy (v. i.) To make difficulty; to be unwilling.
Bel-accoyle :: Bel-accoyle (n.) A kind or favorable reception or salutation.
Coying :: Coying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Co.
Danger :: Danger (n.) Coyness; disdainful behavior.
Prude :: Prude (a.) A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech..
Ignis Fatuus :: Ignis fatuus () Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.
Accoy :: Accoy (v. t.) To render quiet; to soothe.
Decoy-man :: Decoy-man (n.) A man employed in decoying wild fowl.
Coyed :: Coyed (imp. & p. p.) of Co.
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