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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

4 entries under this word

Toy

Toy, n.

noun

n. [D. tooi, tire, attire, ornament, tooijen, to attire, adorn, allied to toogen, toon, to show.]

  1. A plaything for children; a bawble.
  2. A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of trade of little value; a trifle.

They exchange gold and pearl for toys. Abbot. 3. Matter of no importance. Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell. Drayton. 4. Wild fancy; odd conceit; folly; trifling opinion or behavior. “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.

  1. Amorous dalliance; play; sport. Milton.
  2. An old story; a silly tale. “Fairy toys.” Shak.

Toy, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. TOYED; p. pr. & vb. n. TOYING.] [See supra.] To dally amorously; to trifle; to play; to wanton.

Toy, v. t.

verbtransitive

To treat foolishly. [Obs.] Sir E. Dering.

Toy, n.

noun

n. A head-dress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes. [Scot.] “Having put on her clean toy, rokelay, and scarlet plaid.” W. Scott.