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poy


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Poy  \Poy\,  n.  [OF.  apui,  apoi,  a  support,  prop.,  staff,  F. 
  appui,  fr  OF  apuier  apoier  to  support,  F.  appuyer  fr 
  [`a]  to  (L.  ad)  +  OF  pui,  poi,  a  rising  ground,  hill,  L. 
  podium.  See  {Podium},  {Pew}.] 
  1.  A  support;  --  used  in  composition;  as  teapoy. 
 
  2.  A  ropedancer's  balancing  pole.  --Johnson. 
 
  3.  A  long  boat  hook  by  which  barges  are  propelled  against  the 
  stream.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Halliwell.