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Definition of Quoit

Quoit
Quoit Quoit, 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. 2. The discus of the ancients. See Discus. 3. A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.] --J. Morley.
Quoit
Quoit Quoit, v. i. To throw quoits; to play at quoits. To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. --Dryden.
Quoit
Quoit Quoit, v. t. To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.

Meaning of Quoit from wikipedia

- Look up quoit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Quoit may refer to: Quoit, a single-chambered megalithic tomb, also called a Dolmen Quoit (brooch),...
- Lanyon Quoit is a dolmen in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 2 miles southeast of Morvah. It collapsed in a storm in 1815 and was re-erected nine years...
- refers to a m**** of iron used for throwing. It is often translated as "quoit." From coyte: "flat stone thrown in a game". Probably from Old French coite:...
- Trethevy Quoit – one of the best-preserved in Cornwall, UK dated to around 3500–2500 BCE Chûn Quoit in Cornwall, UK, about 2400 BCE Lanyon Quoit in Cornwall...
- The quoit brooch is a type of Anglo-Saxon brooch found from the 5th century and later during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain that has given its...
- Quoit Green is an area of settlement in Derbyshire, England. It is located in Dronfield, close to the B6057 Chesterfield Road. v t e...
- Trethevy Quoit (Cornish: Koyt Tredhewi) is a well-preserved megalithic structure between St Cleer and Darite in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It...
- King's Quoit is a Neolithic burial chamber located in Manorbier, 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is a scheduled monument....
- Zennor Quoit is a ruined megalithic burial chamber or dolmen, located on a moor about a mile (1.6 km) east of the village of Zennor, Cornwall, England...
- pressure. He would stand upon a greased quoit, and make fools of those who charged him and tried to push him from the quoit. He used to perform also the following...