coy

Bashful, shy, retiring.

Quiet, reserved, modest.

Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.

Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.

The ill-bred miss, the bird-brained Jill, / May simper and be coy at will; / A lady, sir, as you will find, / Keeps counsel, or she speaks her mind, / Means what she says and scorns to fence / And palter with feigned innocence.

Soft, gentle, hesitating.

Enforced hate, / Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee.

To caress, pet; to coax, entice.

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

To calm or soothe.

To allure; to decoy.

For now there are ſprung up a wiſer generation in this kind, who have the Art to coy the fonder ſort into their nets

A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.