QUOIT, noun 1. A kind of horse shoe to be pitched or thrown at a fixed object in play. In common practice, a plain flat stone is used for this purpose. 2. In some authors, the discus of the ancients, thrown in trials of strength. QUOIT, verb intransitive To throw quoits; to play at quoits. QUOIT, verb transitive To throw. [Not used.]
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