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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quoit \Quoit\ (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. coete? 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The discus of the ancients. See Discus. [1913 Webster] 3. A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.] --J. Morley. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quoit \Quoit\, v. i. To throw quoits; to play at quoits. [1913 Webster] To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quoit \Quoit\, v. t. To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

quoit n 1: game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "quoit": anklet, armlet, ball, band, belt, bracelet, cincture, cingulum, collar, collarband, discus, earring, ecliptic, ejecta, ejectamenta, equator, fascia, fillet, finger ring, girdle, girt, girth, great circle, hoop, missile, neckband, necklace, nose ring, projectile, ring, trajectile, wristband, wristlet, zodiac, zone