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• QUOITS (0. Fr. coiter, quoiter, to incite)

QUOITS (0. Fr. coiter, quoiter, to incite)  , a pastime resembling the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• DISCUS (Gr. &oEor, disk)

discus-throwing which formed one of the five See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek pentathlon (see Discus), the two See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences between the ancient and See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• SPORTS
• SPORTS, THE BOOK OF

sports being that the quoit is See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring-shaped (one See also:

• SURFACE

surface being rounded, the other—the back—being See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat) and is lighter than the discus, and its throwing is a test rather of accuracy than strength . Few traces of a See also:

• GAME

game resembling See also:

• QUOITS (0. Fr. coiter, quoiter, to incite)

quoits can be found on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and its origin may be sought for on the borderland of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . There are references to it in the Midlands dating from the beginning of the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and it was one of the games prohibited in the reigns of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward III. and See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard II. in favour of See also:

• ARCHERY

archery . See also:

• ASCHAM, ROGER (c. 1515-1568)

Ascham, in his Toxophilus (1545), says that "quoiting be too vile for scholars," and in old times it was chiefly played by the working classes, who often used See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-shoes for want of quoits, a See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom still prevailing in See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country districts . According to the modern rules, slightly modified from the See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up in 1869, two See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron or See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel pins 18 yds. apart are driven into the ground, leaving 1 in. exposed . Each is situated in the centre of an " end," a circle of stiff See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay 3 ft . in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter . The quoits, made of iron, may be of any See also:

• WEIGHT

weight, but are usually about 9 lb each . They must not exceed 81 in. in diameter, or be less than 31- in. in the See also:

• BORE

bore, or more than 24 in. in the See also:

• WEB (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Du. webbe, Dan. vaev, Ger. Gewebe, all from the Teutonic wabh—to weave)

web . When delivering his quoit a player must stand within 4 ft . 6 in. of the centre of the end and at its See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . Matches are played between teams or individuals, the See also:

• OBJECT

object of the game being to throw the quoit as near to the See also:

• PIN (a doublet with " pen " from Lat. pinna, feather, pinnacle, which is said to contain the same root as irirvs, pine tree, and properly to mean a sharp point or end)

pin as possible, a " ringer," i.e. a quoit actually surrounding the pin, counting two, and a quoit nearer to the pin than any of the adversary's, counting one .

A match may be for any number of points, the team or player scoring that number first being the winner . In championship ,matches all quoits farther than 18 in. from the end, are foul and removed . All measurements are made from the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the pin to the nearest edge of the quoit . If one or more quoits are lapped, the one most accessible is first measured and withdrawn . All quoits on their backs are a foul . The See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general principle of See also:

• CURLING
• CURLING, THOMAS BLIZARD (1811-1888)

curling, to drive the opponents' quoits away from the pin and See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place one's own near or on it, is followed . Scotland, See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire and the Midlands are the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal centres of quoiting in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . In Scotland the game is patronized by the Curling Clubs, and this is also the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case in the See also:

• UNITED

United States and See also:

• CANADA

Canada . Billy See also:

• HODSON, WILLIAM STEPHEN RAIKES (1821-1858)

Hodson was See also:

• CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

champion of Great Britain in the middle of the 19th century, and his trip to See also:

• AMERICA

America in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 'sixties is of See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• INTEREST

interest, as it resulted in two contests for the championship of the See also:

• WORLD

world with See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James McLaren of See also:

• NEWARK
• NEWARK (NEWARK-UPON-TRENT)
• NEWARK, DAVID LESLIE, LORD (1601-1682)

Newark, N . J., a native of Scotland, who was champion of America . One hard-fought match was won by each, the deciding one remaining unplayed . The championship of America is rewarded by the " See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

Bell See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

Medal," presented by the See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• NATIONAL

National Curling See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club of America .