Had a second quoit of Lemon's fallen close to Charles' first, Lemon would have counted two, though his other quoitsmight have fallen to a greater distance.
His first quoit was just outside Charles', but nearer than any of his other quoits, but his other quoits fell outside the rest.
One quoit was close to the hob, and the otherquoits he sent were within a few inches of it, and of each other.
And Falstaff commends Poins thus, in Henry the Fourth, "He plays at quoits well, and eats conger, and Fennel.
He was playing quoits with a lot of other young Speckportians; and Miss Catty Clowrie was standing gazing admiringly on, and ready to talk to him between whiles.
But the shy look and the blush were exceedingly well got up, and Charley dropped the quoits with a delighted face.
When all the quoits are cast from one Hob, the players walk to the other and pitch to the first, and so on in succession.
The players beginning the game stand at one of these pins, called the Hob, and pitch the quoits to the other, each person having two.
Antony to his companions, a set of little vagabonds belonging to the village of Marcieux, who were playing at quoits upon the village green.
Oh," said Simon, "brigands never restore anything; but come presently and play at quoits upon the green.
Rubber quoits may be used instead of disks, if available.
And if there was ever a more successful grab bag for the children than the quoits game, the Ashton Welfare Committee wants to hear about it.
Quoits or bowls#: quoits are iron rings pitched at short stakes set in the ground.
The one whose quoits lie nearest to the hub counts one point for each quoit, but each quoit entitled to count must be nearer the hub than any of the opponents' quoits.
Every player has a certain number of quoits (horseshoes) and standing at a fixed distance from the hub he tries to pitch them so that they will go as near as possible to the hub.
Quoits Quoits is a game not played as much as it should be by American boys.
Every one pitches his quoits and then all go to the hub and reckon up the score.
Duck on a Rock Duck on a Rock is a variation of Quoits which is excellent fun.
It is played with the same rules as quoits (see "Outdoor Games for Boys"), and a very considerable degree of skill can be obtained by practice.
Falstaff, who assigns as one of the reasons why Prince Henry loves Poins: "Because their legs are both of a bigness, and 'a plays at quoits well.
Elfgiva dropped the gilded quoits to wring her hands.
In the longest of the oval spaces, a group of maidens and warriors were gathered to watch a wonderful flower-faced woman play at quoits under the instruction of a noble tutor.
I like quoits myself and I should be sorry to interrupt you.
Tyers, Raymond, McMillan, Macalister, and Reeve were pitching quoits at the rear of the building under the lee of the ti-tree scrub.
One day, when Apollo and Hyacinth were playing at quoits, the jealous Zephyr caused one of Apollo's quoits to drift in flight and strike Hyacinth on the head, killing him instantly.
Now, it chanced that at that quiet evening hour the young curate of the district, the Reverend Frank Selby, was enjoying a game of quoits with a neighbouring curate, the Reverend George Lawless, on a piece of ground at the rear of the manse.
That's because you treat your quoits carelessly, as you treat your parishioners," returned the Reverend George, as he made a magnificent throw and ringed the tee.
In all the strata below 13 feet we meet with quantities of implements of diorite, and quoits of granite, sometimes also of hard limestone.
For an instant my heart beat high; then I remembered having seen him throw quoits with his left hand.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quoits" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: checkers; chess; game
