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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.
Definition 2024
quoit
quoit
English
The equipment used for the game of deck-quoits. The quoits are the rings of rope.
An 1817 fashion plate depicting three women and a man playing an inverse ring toss, in which they are tossing a quoit
Noun
quoit (plural quoits)
- A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
- A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.
- The flat stone covering a cromlech.
- The discus used in ancient sports.
Translations
flat disc thrown at a target
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Verb
quoit (third-person singular simple present quoits, present participle quoiting, simple past and past participle quoited)
- To play at quoits.
- Dryden:
- to quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive
- Dryden: