Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for QUOIT
QUOIT, n. [D. coite.]
- 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.
- In some authors, the discus of the ancients, thrown in trials of strength. – Dryden.
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