quoit
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quoit
- /kɔɪt/ UK
- /kɔɪt/ US
- /kwɔɪt/ US
- /kweɪt/ dialectal, obsolete
Rhymes with -ɔɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita. Doublet of quilt.
noun quoits
- A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits. He heard then a warm heavy sigh, softer, as she turned over and the loose brass quoits of the bedstead jingled. Must get those settled really.
- A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.
- The flat stone covering a cromlech. This quoit was brought from a karn about a furlong distance, near which is another cromlech, not so large.
- An ancient burial mound, synonymous with dolmen.
- The discus used in ancient sports.
verb quoits · quoiting · quoited
- To play quoits. Then, to preſerve the Fame of ſuch a deed, / For Python ſlain, he [Phoebus or Apollo] Pythian Games decreed. / Where Noble Youths for Maſterſhip ſhou'd ſtrive, / To Quoit, to Run, and Steeds and Chariots drive.
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To throw like a quoit.
Each took / His ſtation, and Epeüs ſeized the clod. / He ſwung, he caſt it, and the Greecians laugh'd. / Leonteus, branch of Mars, quoited it next.
Similar: fling, toss, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, jerk, heave
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noun flat disc thrown at a target
| Deutsch | Diskus, Wurfring |
|---|---|
| Русский | мета́тельное кольцо́ metátelʹnoje kolʹcó |
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