Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ploy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ploy \Ploy\, n.
Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ploy \Ploy\, v. i. [Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy.] (Mil.)
To form a column from a line of troops on some designated
subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. --Wilhelm.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ploy
n 1: an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the
speaker [syn: {gambit}]
2: a maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: {gambit}, {stratagem}]
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