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quoit |
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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