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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Toy \Toy\ (toi), 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. A plaything for children; a bawble. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of trade of little value; a trifle. [1913 Webster] They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys, great abundance of gold and pearl. --Abr. Abbot. [1913 Webster] 3. A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion. [1913 Webster] To fly about playing their wanton toys. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] What if a toy take 'em in the heels now, and they all run away. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell. --Drayton. [1913 Webster] 4. Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. --Milton. [1913 Webster] To dally thus with death is no fit toy. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 5. An old story; a silly tale. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Toy \Toy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {toyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {toying}.] To dally amorously; to trifle; to play. [1913 Webster] To toy, to wanton, dally, smile and jest. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Toy \Toy\, v. t. To treat foolishly. [Obs.] --E. Dering (1576). [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: toy n 1: an artifact designed to be played with [syn: {plaything}, {toy}] 2: a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier); "a toy stove" 3: a device regarded as providing amusement; "private airplanes are a rich man's toy" 4: a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size [syn: {miniature}, {toy}] 5: any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets [syn: {toy dog}, {toy}] v 1: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" [syn: {dally}, {toy}, {play}, {flirt}] 2: manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" [syn: {toy}, {fiddle}, {diddle}, {play}] 3: engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" [syn: {play}, {toy}] From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: toy n. A computer system; always used with qualifiers. 1. nice toy: One that supports the speaker's hacking style adequately. 2. just a toy: A machine that yields insufficient {computron}s for the speaker's preferred uses. This is not condemnatory, as is {bitty box}; toys can at least be fun. It is also strongly conditioned by one's expectations; Cray XMP users sometimes consider the Cray-1 a toy, and certainly all RISC boxes and mainframes are toys by their standards. See also {Get a real computer!}.