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Definition of Quoits

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 Quoits from wikipedia

- Quoits (/ˈkɔɪts/ or /ˈkwɔɪts/) is a traditional game which involves the throwing of metal, rope or rubber rings over a set distance, usually to land over...
- The Devil's Quoits (grid reference SP411048) is a henge and stone circle to the south of the village of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire, England. The site...
- Windt's 1883 patent for "Parlor Quoits", which displays most of the features of modern cornhole, but uses a square hole. Quoits is a game similar to horseshoes...
- both cargo and p****enger vessels. The sport is a hybrid between tennis and quoits, and is pla**** with either the rubber disk or ring, or a similarly-sized...
- Trip To Jerusalem, in Nottingham, which claims to be Britain's oldest pub. Quoits is a game that involves the throwing of metal, rope or rubber rings over...
- shufflepuck, and quoits, sandy table) is a game in which players push metal-and-plastic weighted pucks (also called weights or quoits) down a long and...
- only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades". The games of horseshoes and quoits are closely related. At the beginning of the twentieth century, there was...
- from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2020-11-15. "Pair of war quoits". Pitt Rivers Museum. 2010-09-21. Archived from the original on September...
- Indoor Quoits being pla**** at a pub in Parkend, Gloucestershire....
- decorated with an array of sharpened steel daggers as well as a series of quoits and crescents descending in size towards its mountain like peak. A piece...