QUOIT
- Definiția din dicționar
Traducere: română
Notă: Puteţi căuta fiecare cuvânt din cadrul definiţiei printr-un simplu click pe cuvântul dorit.
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&unr_; 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.
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2. The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
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3. 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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