LekhoriLekhoriBashful, shy, retiring.
Quiet, reserved, modest.
Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
To caress, pet; to coax, entice.
Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, / While I thy amiable cheeks do coy.
A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.
A company
A surname.
An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.
From Middle English coy, from Old French coi, earlier quei (“quiet, still”), from Latin qu(i)ētus (“resting, at rest”). Doublet of quit, quiet, quite, and quietus.
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To calm or soothe.
To allure; to decoy.
For now there are ſprung up a wiſer generation in this kind, who have the Art to coy the fonder ſort into their nets