Definition of decoy

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Decoy (n.) A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot..

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Perchant :: Perchant (n.) A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering..
Rope :: Rope (v. t.) To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters..
Ignis Fatuus :: Ignis fatuus () Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.
Decoy-duck :: Decoy-duck (n.) A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger..
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot..
Decoyer :: Decoyer (n.) One who decoys another.
Decoy :: Decoy (v. t.) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net..
Decoying :: Decoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deco.
Stale :: Stale (v. t.) Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon..
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait..
Stool :: Stool (n.) A stool pigeon, or decoy bird..
Coy :: Coy (v. t.) To allure; to entice; to decoy.
Decoy-men :: Decoy-men (pl. ) of Decoy-ma.
Crimp :: Crimp (n.) One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
Birdcall :: Birdcall (n.) A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.
Decoy-man :: Decoy-man (n.) A man employed in decoying wild fowl.
Fowl :: Fowl (v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc..
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them..
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy..
Lure :: Lure (n.) Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.
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