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A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill.

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  1. n. A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill.
  2. n. The exercise with the discus.
  3. n. A disk. See Disk.
  4. n. an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
  5. n. a disk used in throwing competitions
  6. 1. (a) A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill. (b) The exercise with the discus. Note: This among the Greeks was one of the chief gymnastic exercises and was included in the Pentathlon (the contest of the five exercises). The chief contest was that of throwing the discus to the greatest possible distance. 2. A disk. See Disk.
  7. n:100 n. an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped">disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible n. a disk used in throwing competitions