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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Coy
Subjects in this Topic:
(1):
(a.) Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry.
(2):
(a.) Soft; gentle; hesitating.
(3):
(a.) Quiet; still.
(4):
(v. t.) To allure; to entice; to decoy.
(5):
(v. i.) To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.
(6):
(v. t.) To caress with the hand; to stroke.
(7):
(v. i.) To make difficulty; to be unwilling.