Quoit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Quoit	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Quoit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quoit n game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quoit \Quoit\, v. i. To throw quoits; to play at quoits. To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quoit \Quoit\, v. t. To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.