QUOITING

Verb

quoiting

present participle of quoit

Source: Wiktionary


QUOIT

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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