4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quoit \Quoit\, n. [OE. coite; cf OF coitier to spur, press,
(assumed) LL coctare fr L. coquere coctum to cook, burn,
vex, harass, E. cook, also W. coete? a quoit.]
1.
a A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched
at a fixed object in play; hence any heavy flat
missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece
of iron, etc
b pl A game played with quoits. --Shak.
2. The discus of the ancients. See {Discus}.
3. A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.] --J. Morley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quoit \Quoit\, v. i.
To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive.
--Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quoit \Quoit\, v. t.
To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
quoit
n : a ring of iron or circle of rope used in the game of quoits
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