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Webster 1913 Edition
Quoit
Quoit
(kwoit or koit)
, Noun.
[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[GREEK]
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.
Quoit
,Verb.
I.
To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
To
quoit
, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. Dryden.
Quoit
,Verb.
T.
To throw; to pitch.
[Obs. or R.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Quoit
QUOIT
,Noun.
1.
A kind of horse shoe to be pitched or thrown at a fixed object in play. In common practice, a plain flat stone is used for this purpose.2.
In some authors, the discus of the ancients, thrown in trials of strength.QUOIT
,Verb.
I.
QUOIT
,Verb.
T.