Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Coy \Coy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coyed} (koid); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Coying}.]
   1. To allure; to entice; to decoy. [Obs.]

            A wiser generation, who have the art to coy the
            fonder sort into their nets.          --Bp. Rainbow.

   2. To caress with the hand; to stroke.

            Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, While I
            thy amiable cheeks do coy.            --Shak.