Middle English Dictionary Entry
coie n.
Entry Info
| Forms | coie n. |
| Etymology | Cp. coi . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A pacifying gesture.
Associated quotations
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)1344-5 : No man may on þat stede ryde, But a bloman be hym bysyde..For he hym makeþ with moche pride A nyse coye. Þe coye ys with hys handys two, Clappynde togedere to and fro.