TOY

toy. Toy, n. a trifle, plaything, play, folly, odd fancy

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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.]] 1. 1. A plaything for children; a bawble. Cowper.
2. 2. A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of trade of little value; a trifle.
They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys, great abundance of gold and pearl. Abr. Abbot. 3. 3. A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion.
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. Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell. Drayton. 4. 4. Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. Milton.
To dally thus with death is no fit toy. Spenser. 5. 5. An old story; a silly tale. Shak.
6. 6. [] A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; — called also toy mutch. “Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and scarlet plaid.” Sir W. Scott.