What's the difference between poy and teapoy?

Poy


Definition:

  • (n.) A support; -- used in composition; as, teapoy.
  • (n.) A ropedancer's balancing pole.
  • (n.) A long boat hook by which barges are propelled against the stream.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For example, mispronunciations produced by changing the voicing of a word-initial stop (e.g., "boy" to "poy") were detected about 70% of the time, while changes in voicing of a word-initial fricative (e.g., "voice" to "foice") were detected about 38% of the time.
  • (2) Taken together with DNA sequence information (Y. Sato, F. Poy, G. R. Jacobson, and H. K. Kuramitsu, J. Bacteriol.
  • (3) We have isolated a number of genes encoding them; 11 POX genes encoded independent PXPs and three POY genes were likely to encode three other PXPs.
  • (4) Hemolytic anemia was experienced in 8 cases with Starr-Edwards (S-E) 2320 (n = 7) and Omni-Science (n = 1) both in the aortic position and those prostheses were replaced at 1-9.6 (mean 4.5) postoperative years (POY).
  • (5) Fourteen Hancock (H) and 3 Angell-Shiley (A-S) bioprostheses experienced tissue failure of valves and they were subjected to reoperation at 3.2-10.0 (mean 6.5) POY.

Teapoy


Definition:

  • (n.) An ornamental stand, usually with three legs, having caddies for holding tea.

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