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   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.]
   (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.
   
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   The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
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   A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.]
   J. Morley.
   
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   Quoit, v. i. To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
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   To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive.
   Dryden.
   
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   Quoit, v. t. To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.]
   Shak.
   
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