\Quoit\, 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.
2. The discus of the ancients. See {Discus}.
3. A cromlech. [Prov. Eng.] --J. Morley.

\Quoit\, v. i.
To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
      To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive.
                                               --Dryden.

\Quoit\, v. t.
To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.