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quoit
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quoit \Quoit\ (kwoit or koit), 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.
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2. The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
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3. A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.] --J. Morley.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quoit \Quoit\, v. i.
To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
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To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive.
--Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quoit \Quoit\, v. t. To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
