Thesaurus: quoit

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1. 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 a stone, piece of iron, etc.
2. n. A game played with quoits.
3. n. The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
4. n. A cromlech.
5. v. i. To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
6. v. t. To throw; to pitch.
7. n. game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits
8. 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. To throw quoits; to play at quoits. To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. Dryden. To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] Shak.
9. A game played with quoits. Shak.
10. n. game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits