GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions 

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    Toy , 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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    Toy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. toyed ; p. pr. & vb. n. toying.] To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.
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    To toy, to wanton, dally, smile and jest.
    Shak.

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    Toy, v. t. To treat foolishly. [Obs.] E. Dering (1576).
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