DECOYING
Verb
decoying
present participle of decoy
Noun
decoying (plural decoyings)
The act of one who decoys.
Anagrams
• gynecoid, gynocide
Source: Wiktionary
DECOY
De*coy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decoyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Decoying.]
Etym: [Pref. de- + coy; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See
Coy.]
Definition: To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare;
to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into
an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net.
Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy. Thomson.
E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting,
asks if this be joy. Goldsmith.
Syn.
– To entice; tempt; allure; lure. See Allure.
De*coy", n.
1. Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and
misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.
2. A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other
fowl into a net or within shot.
3. A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to
take or shoot them.
4. A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to
injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under
circumstances that will lead to his detection.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition