Defn: to support and steady a stone. (b) (Gun.) To support the breech of a cannon. (c) (Print.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase. (d) (Naut.) To prevent casks from rolling. Hollow quoin. See under Hollow. — Quoin post (Canals), the post of a lock gate which abuts against the wall.
QUOIT
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
Quoit, v. i.
Defn: To throw quoits; to play at quoits.
To quoit, to run, and steeds and chariots drive. Dryden.
QUOIT
Quoit, v. t.
Defn: To throw; to pitch. [Obs. or R.] Shak.