If he coyed
To hear Cominius speak, I 'll keep at home.
Shak.
Coy"ish, a. Somewhat coy or reserved. Warner.
Coy"ly, adv. In a coy manner; with reserve.
Coy"ness, n. The quality of being coy; feigned or bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve.
When the kind nymph would coyness feign,
And hides but to be found again.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Reserve; shrinking; shyness; backwardness; modesty; bashfulness.
Coy"o*te (k?"?-t? or k?"?t), n. [Spanish Amer., fr. Mexican coyotl.] (Zo÷l.) A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf. Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill howl.
||Coy"pu (koi"p??), n. [Native name.] (Zo÷l.) A South American rodent (Myopotamus coypus), allied to the beaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria. [Written also coypou.]
Coys"trel (kois"tr&ebreve;l), n. Same as Coistril.
Coz (kŭz), n. A contraction of cousin. Shak.
Coz"en (k?z"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cozened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cozening (-'n-?ng). ] [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.] To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.
He had cozened the world by fine phrases.
Macaulay.
Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters.
Locke.
Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him,
and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened.
Clarendon.
Coz"en, v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.
Some cogging, cozening slave.
Shak.
Coz"en*age (-&asl;j), n. [See Cozen, and cf. Cousinage.] The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud. Shak.
Coz"en*er (k?z"'n-?r), n. One who cheats or defrauds.
Co*zier (k?"zh?r), n. See Cosier.
Co"zi*ly (k?"z?-l?), adv. Snugly; comfortably.
Co"zi*ness, n. The state or quality of being cozy.
Co"zy (k?"z?), a. [Compar. Cozier (-z?-?r); superl. Coziest.] [Cf. Scot. cosie, cozie, prob. from Gael. cosach abounding in hollows, or cosagach full of holes or crevices, snug, sheltered, from cos a hollow, a crevice.]