Definition of "noying" [noying]

• Annoyance; harm; hurt. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Moral uv de storee: Eben de noying wuns sumtyms gots sumfin 2 sai wurf yer wyl."
• "She had taken his prior ad - vice to heart, and become so human it was almost an - noying."
• "Catoblefas, and hath a little body, and nice in all members, and a great head hanging always toward the earth, and else it were great noying to mankind."