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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Quoit

/(kwoit [or] koit)/ · IPA /kɔɪt/
01 n. 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…
  1. 1.
    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.
  2. 2.
    The discus of the ancients. See Discus. See: Discus
  3. 3.
    A cromlech.[Prov. Eng.]
02 v. i. To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
  1. 1.
    To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
    “To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive.” — Dryden.
03 v. t. To throw; to pitch.
  1. 1.
    To throw; to pitch.[Obs. or R.]