[1] : 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
see also:
discus 

[2] : 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

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quoit \quoit\, v. t.
   to throw; to pitch. obs. or r. --shak.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

quoit
     n : game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of
         rope used in the game of quoits

[5] : 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

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