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To annoy. See Noy. [Obs.]

An annoyer. [Obs.] Tusser.

Annoying; troublesome. [Obs.]

That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.

To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.

Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy. Johnson.

To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations. We are pestered with mice and rats. Dr. H. More. A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world. Dryden.

To trim. [Obs.] Chaucer. To pick at, to tease or vex by pertinacious annoyance. -- To pick a bone with. See under Bone. -- To pick a thank, to curry favor. [Obs.] Robynson (More's Utopia). -- To pick off. (a) To pluck; to remove by picking. (b) To shoot or bring down, one by one; as, sharpshooters pick off the enemy…

To cause annoyance or irritation. "Every piques." Tatler.

One who plagues or annoys.

act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection. To your protection I commend me, gods. Shak.

An annoying, worthless person. Shak.

mplaining; disposed to murmur; as, a querulous man or people. Enmity can hardly be more annoying that querulous, jealous, exacting fondness. Macaulay.

r other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, curaçao, etc. [Written also ratifia and ratafee.]

he tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike. [Trades-union Cant] J. McCarthy.

To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise. Sound but another [drum], and another shall As loud as thine rattle the welkin's ear. Shak.

Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub. Thackeray.

s put into lanterns or sconces of several-colored, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them. Evelyn. Golden sconces hang not on the walls. Dryden.

That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen. The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. Pope.