coxswain

See cockswain. coyl (koi), a. [ He be-heilde his [Merlin's] felowes, that were stille and koy , that seiden not o worde. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 318. 2. Manifesting modesty; shrinking from familiarity; bashful; shy; retiring. Coy or sobyr, sobrius, modest us. Prompt . Parr ., p. 86. To be in love, where scorn is bought with groans; Coy looks with heart-sore sighs. Shak . , T. G. of V., i. 1. Nor the coy maid, half willing to be pre ed, Shall ki the cup to pa it to the rest. IMG:content-1517.png:[blocks in formation] coxcombity (koks'kō-mi-ti), n. [ Inferior masters paint coxcomb i ties that had no relation to universal modes of thought or action. C. Knight , Once upon a Time, II. 140. coxcomblył (koks'kōm-li), a . Like a coxcomb. My looks terrify them, you coxcombly a ! I'll be judged by all the company whether thou hast not a worse face Beau, and Fl ., Maid's Tragedy, i. 2. IMG:content-1518.png:[blocks in formation] 'Twas told me, you were rough, and coy, and sullen. Shak., T. of the S., ii. demure. Syn. 2. Shrinking, distant, bashful, backward, diffident, coyl (koi), v. [ coyen , coien , coy , a. Cf. accoy (of which coy , v ., is prob. in part an abbr.), and see decoy , v ., which is peculiarly related to coy, v.] I. trans. 1t. To quiet; soothe. I coye , I styll or apayse, le acquoyse. I can nat cove hym, je ne le puis pas acquoyser. Palsgrave . Chaucer , Troilus, ii. 801. Coye hem that they seye noon harme of me. IMG:content-1519.png:[blocks in formation] Counge [read coyynge , that is, coying ] or styrunge to Prompt . Parv . , p. 86. Now there are sprung up a wiser generation,. who have the art to coy the fonder sort into their nets, who have now reduced gaming to a science. Bp . Rainbow , Sermons, p. 29. werkyn [var. sterynge to done a werke], instigacio. II. in trans. 1. To be coy; behave with coyne or bashfulne ; shrink from familiarity: with an indefinite it . He comes to woo you, see you do not coy it . Mas singer, New Way to Pay Old Debts, iii. 2. One ki -nay, damsel! coy it not. Scott, Harold the Dauntle , ii. 9. (-d (-di-sez). [L.] The hip; the haunch-bone. coxitis (kok-sī'tis), n. [NL., joint. Also cox arthritis.