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quoit

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Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun quoit has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

quoitn. [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 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.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The discus of the ancients. See Discus.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A cromlech.  J. Morley.  [1913 Webster]
quoitv. i. 
     To throw quoits; to play at quoits.  [1913 Webster]
    "To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive."  [1913 Webster]
quoitv. t. 
     To throw; to pitch.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quoit, n. & v.
--n.
1 a heavy flattish sharp-edged iron ring thrown to encircle an iron peg or to land as near as possible to the peg.
2 (in pl.) a game consisting of aiming and throwing these.
3 a ring of rope, rubber, etc. for use in a similar game.
4 a the flat stone of a dolmen. b the dolmen itself.
--v.tr. fling like a quoit.

Etymology
ME: orig. unkn.

THESAURUS

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

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Propulsion

N propulsion, projection, propelment, vis a tergo, force from behind, push, shove, ejaculate, ejection, throw, fling, toss, shot, discharge, shy, launch, release, projectiles, ballistics, archery, propeller, screw, twin screws, turbine, jet engine, missile, projectile, ball, discus, quoit, brickbat, shot, arrow, gun, ballista, countdown, windup, shooter, shot, archer, toxophilite, bowman, rifleman, marksman, good shot, crack shot, sharpshooter, propelled, propelling, propulsive, projectile.

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