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Noy

Noy

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Annoy
.]
To annoy; to vex.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Piers Plowman.
All that
noyed
his heavy spright.
Spenser.

Noy

,
Noun.
That which annoys.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.

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noy

noy

English

Verb

noy (third-person singular simple present noys, present participle noying, simple past and past participle noyed)

  1. (now rare, dialectal) To annoy; to harm or injure. [from 14th c.]
    • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
      That is Mede þe Mayde quod she · hath noyed me ful oft / And ylakked my lemman.
    • Spenser
      All that noyed his heavy spright.

Noun

noy

  1. (obsolete) That which annoys.
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