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quoit

n. எறிவட்டு,(வினை) வட்டு எறி, எறி வட்டாட்டமாடு.


Quoit, n. Etym: [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. Defn: A game played with quoits. Shak. 2. The discus of the ancients. See Discus. 3. A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.] J. Morley. Quoit, v. i. Defn: To throw quoits; to play at quoits. To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. Dryden. Quoit, v. t. Defn: To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] Shak.


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