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Pronunciation : Toy
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [D. tuid tools, implements, stuff, trash, speeltuig playthings, toys; akin to G. zeug stuff, materials, MNG. zuic, 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.
Definition : 1. A plaything for children; a bawble. Cowper.

2. A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of trade of little value; a trifle. They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys, great abundance of gold and pearl. Abr. Abbot.

3. A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion. To fly about playing their wanton toys. Spenser. What if a toy take'em in the heels now, and they all run away. Beau. &Fl. Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell. Drayton.

4. Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. Milton. To dally thus with death is no fit toy. Spenser.

5. An old story; a silly tale. Shak.

6. Etym: [Probably the same word.]

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Toy
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To dally amorously; to trifle; to play. To toy, to wanton, dally, smile and jest. Shak.

i. [imp. & p. p. toyed; p. pr. & vb. n. toying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Toy
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To treat foolishly. [Obs.] E. Dering (1576).

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913