Quoit , v. t. To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.]
Shak.
Quoit , v. i. To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
To quoit,
to run, and
steeds and chariots drive.
Dryden.
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. coeten 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.
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