Discuses

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discus \Dis"cus\, n.; pl. E. {Discuses}, L. {Disci}. [L. See
     {Disk}.]
     1.
        (a) A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material
            intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of
            strength and skill.


        (b) The exercise with the discus.
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     Note: This among the Greeks was one of the chief gymnastic
           exercises and was included in the Pentathlon (the
           contest of the five exercises). The chief contest was
           that of throwing the discus to the greatest possible
           distance.
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     2. A disk. See {Disk}.
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