Quoit, s. Something thrown to a great distance, to a certain point; the discus of the ancients is sometimes called in English quoit, but improperly.
Quoit, v. To throw quoits, to play at quoits.
Quotidian, a. Daily, happening every day.
Rabate, v. In falconry, to recover a hawk to the fist again.
Rabbet, s. A joint made by paring two pieces, so that they wrap over one another.
Rabbit, s. A furry animal that lives on plants, and burrows in the ground.
THE RABBIT.
Rabbit-keeping is practised by a few individuals in almost every town, and by a few in almost every part of the country; but thirty or forty years ago, there were one or two very considerable feeders near the metropolis, keeping each, according to report, from fifteen hundred to two thousand breeding does. These large concerns have ceased, it seems, long since, and London receives the supply of tame as well as wild rabbits, chiefly from the country.