Quoit

5 definitions found

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

  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 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  Quoit \Quoit\, v. t.
     To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quoit
       n : game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of
           rope used in the game of quoits

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "quoit":
     anklet, armlet, ball, band, belt, bracelet, cincture, cingulum,
     collar, collarband, discus, earring, ecliptic, ejecta, ejectamenta,
     equator, fascia, fillet, finger ring, girdle, girt, girth,
     great circle, hoop, missile, neckband, necklace, nose ring,
     projectile, ring, trajectile, wristband, wristlet, zodiac, zone