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Trifling. [R.] "Immoment toys." Shak.

A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by means of thin films.

rision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker. But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer. Spenser.

elvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber. Jet ant (Zoöl.), a blackish European ant (Formica fuliginosa), which builds its nest of a paperlike material in the trunks of trees.

oöl.), a South African rodent (Pedetes Caffer), allied to the jerboa. -- Jumping jack, a toy figure of a man, jointed and made to jump or dance by means of strings. -- Jumping louse (Zoöl.), any of the numerous species of plant lice belonging to the family Psyllidæ, several of which are injurious to fruit trees. --…

A kind of toy or rude musical instrument, as a tube inside of which is a stretched string made to vibrate by singing or humming into the tube.

Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy. Art thou good at these kickshawses! Shak.

A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack. A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. Shak.

One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc. Mortimer.

A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.

A kind of musical toy into which one sings, hums, or speaks, producing a coarse, reedy sound.

ivalve shell (Arca Noæ), which somewhat resembles an ark, or ship, in form. (b) A child's toy, consisting of an ark-shaped box containing many different wooden animals.

To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes. [Obs.] Shak.

An optical instrument or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope, and illustrating the same principle; -- called also phantasmascope.

A house for children to play in; a toyhouse.

A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse. A child knows his nurse, and by degrees the playthings of a little more advanced age. Locke.

Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.

To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An instrument with which a ratting sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattle when shaken. The rattles of Isis and the cymbals of Brasilea nearly enough resemble each other. Sir W. Raleigh. Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. Pope.

A toy that makes a rattle sound; a rattle.