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Webster 1913 Edition
Toy
Toy
(toi)
, Noun.
[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
, Verb.
T.
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.
[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.
Toy
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
toyed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
toying
.] To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.
To
toy
, to wanton, dally, smile and jest. Shakespeare
Toy
,Verb.
T.
To treat foolishly.
[Obs.]
E. Dering (1576).
Webster 1828 Edition
Toy
TOY
, n.1.
A plaything for children; a bauble.2.
A trifle; a thing for amusement, but of no real value.3.
An article of trade of little value. They exchange gold and pearl for toys.
4.
Matter of no importance. Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell.
5.
Folly; trifling practice; silly opinion.6.
Amorous dalliance; play; sport.7.
An old story; a silly tale.8.
Slight representation; as the toy of novelty.9.
Wild fancy; odd conceit.TOY
,Verb.
I.
TOY
,Verb.
T.