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

Decoy-duck :: Decoy-duck (n.) A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger..

Drill :: Drill (v. t.) To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; -- with on.

Decoyed :: Decoyed (imp. & p. p.) of Deco.

Ignis Fatuus :: Ignis fatuus () Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.

Perchant :: Perchant (n.) A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering..

Stool :: Stool (n.) A stool pigeon, or decoy bird..

Rope :: Rope (v. t.) To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters..

Crimp :: Crimp (n.) One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.

Lure :: Lure (n.) Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.

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..

Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them..

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.

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..

Decoying :: Decoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deco.

Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection..

Decoy-men :: Decoy-men (pl. ) of Decoy-ma.

Coy :: Coy (v. t.) To allure; to entice; to decoy.

Decoy-man :: Decoy-man (n.) A man employed in decoying wild fowl.

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..

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