Definition of "coyer" []

• Comparative form of coy: more coy (adjective)

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• "Ring beam on top of a thin pit lining to support the coyer slab"
• "TRADE MARK This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or coyer other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser."
• "Mr.P. Cunliffe Owen, familiar with all the minutiæ of previous expositions, declares them supreme "in thoroughness of plan and energy of construction" -- a judgment designed to coyer the whole conception and administration of the exhibition, and one which, coming from a disinterested and competent foreign observer, may be cited as an amply expressive tribute to the zeal and fidelity of those in control."