QUOIT

quoit

(noun) game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

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.

Verb

quoit (third-person singular simple present quoits, present participle quoiting, simple past and past participle quoited)

(intransitive) To play quoits.

(transitive) To throw as with a quoit.

Anagrams

• Quito, toqui

Source: Wiktionary

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Quoit, n. Etym: [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.

Definition: A game played with quoits. Shak.

2. The discus of the ancients. See Discus.

3. A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.] J. Morley.

Quoit, v. i.

Definition: To throw quoits; to play at quoits. To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. Dryden.

Quoit, v. t.

Definition: To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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