Category: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.

Defn: a game played with quoits. Shak.

2. The discus of the ancients. See discus.

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

Quoit Quoit, v. i.

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

Quoit Quoit, v. t.

Defn: to throw; to pitch. [obs. or r.] Shak.