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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
toy \toy\ toi, n. d. tuid tools, implements, stuff, trash,
speeltuig playthings, toys; akin to g. zeug stuff, materials,
mng. ziuc, icel. tygi gear; all ultimately from the root of
e. tug, v. t.; cf. g. zeugen to beget, mhg. ziugen to beget,
make ready, procure. see tug, v. t.
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1. a plaything for children; a bawble. --cowper.
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2. a thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of
trade of little value; a trifle.
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they exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys,
great abundance of gold and pearl. --abr. abbot.
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3. a wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling
opinion.
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to fly about playing their wanton toys. --spenser.
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what if a toy take 'em in the heels now, and they
all run away. --beau. fl.
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nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell.
--drayton.
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4. amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. --milton.
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to dally thus with death is no fit toy. --spenser.
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5. an old story; a silly tale. --shak.
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6. probably the same word. a headdress of linen or woolen,
that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of
the lower classes; -- called also toy mutch. scot.
"having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and
scarlet plaid." --sir w. scott.
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see also:
tug toy mutch
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