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Look up: decoy

  1. decoy
    [n] - a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) 2. [v] - lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. decoy
    a penetration aid device which is designed to simulate a re-entry vehicle so as to make counter measures more difficult Category: Defense
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Decoy
    De·coy' (de*koi') transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Decoyed ; present participle & verbal noun Decoying .] [ Prefix de- + coy ; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/18

  4. Decoy
    De·coy' noun 1. Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait. 2. A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/18

  5. decoy
    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. 'Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy.' (Thomson) 'E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. decoy
    steerer noun a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. decoy
    verb lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Decoy
    • (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them. • (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. • (n.) A fow...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. decoy
    (from the article `radar`) ...cloud consisting of a large number of tiny metallic reflecting strips that create strong echoes over a large area to mask the presence of real ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/23

  10. decoy
    decoy 1. Someone who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, etc. 2. Anything used as a lure. 3. A trained bird or other animal used to entice game into a trap or within gunshot. 4. An artificial bird, as a painted wooden duck, used to lure other water ducks, etc., close...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  11. Decoy
    [chess] The diagram on the right, with Black to play, illustrates two separate decoys. First, the White queen is set up on c4 for a knight fork: 1... Rxc4! 2. Qxc4. Next, the fork is executed by removing the sole defender of the a3 square: 2... Qxb2!+ 3. Rxb2 Na3+ 4. Kc1. Finally, a zwischen...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoy_(ches

  12. Decoy
    [album] Decoy is a 1984 album by jazz musician Miles Davis, recorded in 1983. It features keyboardist Robert Irving III and guitarist John Scofield contributing most of the compositions and the other solos. Branford Marsalis is heard on some cuts on soprano. ==Track listing== ==Personnel== M...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoy_(albu

  13. Decoy
    HMS Decoy was a British defender Class destroyer of 1375 tons displacement built under the 1930 War Programme which saw action during the Second World War. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers ...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. Decoy
    [TV series] Decoy (also titled Decoy Police Woman) is a groundbreaking American crime drama television series which was created for syndication and initially broadcast from October 14, 1957 to July 7, 1958, lasting for thirty nine 30-minute black-and-white episodes. It was the first American...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoy_(TV_s

  15. DECOY
    An offensive play meant to disguise the spiker who will receive the set.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  16. Decoy
    A unique name especially inserted in a mailing list verifying list usage.
    Found on http://www.nmoa.org/Library/index.htm

  17. Decoy
    Strictly speaking, a decoy is either a tame or artificial duck, so placed as to lure wild ducks within gunshot range. The term is widely applied to any means by which a person or animal is lured into a trap.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  18. Decoy
    [disambiguation] A decoy is a person, device or event meant as a distraction to conceal what an individual or a group might be looking for. Decoy may also refer to: ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoy_(disa

  19. Decoy
    [film] Decoy is a 1946 American film noir. Directed by Jack Bernhard, the film stars Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley, Sheldon Leonard and Marjorie Woodworth. The film was produced by Jack Bernhard and Bernard Brandt as a Jack Bernhard Production, with a screenpla...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoy_(film

  20. Decoy
    [EP] Decoy is an EP by the Santa Cruz, California-based hardcore punk band Good Riddance. It was released August 26, 1995 through Fat Wreck Chords, six months after their debut album For God and Country, which included the EP`s title track, "Decoy". The first two tracks on the EP, "United Ci...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoy_(EP)



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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