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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1641
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Toying, vbl. n. [e.m.E. toying (1565-73).] Sporting, teasing. —1641 Baillie I 319.
All fell in clattering, walking, eating, toying; bot Strafford, in the midst of all the noise, was serious with his secretars, conferring their notes and wryting
