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Quoit
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. 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.
2. A game played with quoits. Shak.
3. The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
4. A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.] J. Morley.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To throw quoits; to play at quoits. To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. Dryden.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] Shak.