coy-duckn.

Forms: Also 1600s quoy-.

Etymology: < coy n.¹ + duck n.¹: compare Dutch kooieend.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcoy-duck.

1. A duck trained to entice wildfowl in a decoy; = decoy-duck n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > decoy bird > decoy-duck

coy-duck1602

coy1629

coy-bird1639

decoy-duck1651

call duck1656

1602 J. Boys Wks. 389 The best trick y^e fouler hath is to bring game to his snare by a stale or quoy duck.

a1625 J. Boys Wks. (1630) 389 To bring game to his snare by a stale or quoy duck.

1638 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 5) ii. ii. iv. 265 Fowling..with..lime, nets, glades..coy-ducks.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxvii. 319 Coyduckes are beaten and whipped to what they are taught, like setting doggs.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Coy-duck, a duck trained to entice others into the tunnel in a decoy.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs.

2. transferred. A person who entices others, one who leads the way.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > one who or that which

tollerc1440

allurer1556

ticer?c1562

invitera1586

siren1592

solicitor1593

mermaid1595

invitator1603

coy1629

attractor1646

coy-duck1654

lightning rod1859

Pied Piper1869

witcher1928

1654 in Dorothy Osborne's Lett. (1889) 287 A couple of coy-ducks drew in the rest.

1661 Sir H. Vane's Politicks 8 Niether the diving-brain of the Protectour..nor his coy-duck Thurloe.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Coy-duck,..an enticer; a snare. A very common name for pretty barmaids.

Derivatives

ˈcoy-duck v. dialect to entice.

ΚΠ

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) ‘They'll coy-duck 'em away’.

1891 Longman's Mag. Nov. 83 (Kentish woman says) ‘'Tis the other chaps as coyduckses him away’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	coy-duck
释义	coy-duckn. Forms: Also 1600s quoy-. Etymology: < coy n.¹ + duck n.¹: compare Dutch kooieend.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcoy-duck. 1. A duck trained to entice wildfowl in a decoy; = decoy-duck n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > decoy bird > decoy-duck coy-duck1602 coy1629 coy-bird1639 decoy-duck1651 call duck1656 1602 J. Boys Wks. 389 The best trick y^e fouler hath is to bring game to his snare by a stale or quoy duck. a1625 J. Boys Wks. (1630) 389 To bring game to his snare by a stale or quoy duck. 1638 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 5) ii. ii. iv. 265 Fowling..with..lime, nets, glades..coy-ducks. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxvii. 319 Coyduckes are beaten and whipped to what they are taught, like setting doggs. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Coy-duck, a duck trained to entice others into the tunnel in a decoy. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 2. transferred. A person who entices others, one who leads the way. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > one who or that which tollerc1440 allurer1556 ticer?c1562 invitera1586 siren1592 solicitor1593 mermaid1595 invitator1603 coy1629 attractor1646 coy-duck1654 lightning rod1859 Pied Piper1869 witcher1928 1654 in Dorothy Osborne's Lett. (1889) 287 A couple of coy-ducks drew in the rest. 1661 Sir H. Vane's Politicks 8 Niether the diving-brain of the Protectour..nor his coy-duck Thurloe. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Coy-duck,..an enticer; a snare. A very common name for pretty barmaids. Derivatives ˈcoy-duck v. dialect to entice. ΚΠ 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) ‘They'll coy-duck 'em away’. 1891 Longman's Mag. Nov. 83 (Kentish woman says) ‘'Tis the other chaps as coyduckses him away’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1602
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