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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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