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(kwoit or koit), 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. coeten 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 v. i.To throw quoits; to play at quoits. To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. Dryden. Quoit v. t.To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] Shak. スポンサード リンク
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