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• quoits — n. to pitch, play quoits * * * play quoits to pitch …   Combinatory dictionary

• Quoits — For other uses, see Quoit (disambiguation). Quoits Newcastle pit men playing quoits Quoits (koits, kwoits) is a traditional game which involves the throwing of metal, rope or rubber rings over a set distance, usually to land over or near a spike… …   Wikipedia

• To play pitch and toss with anything — Pitch Pitch, n. 1. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits. [1913 Webster] {Pitch and toss}, a game played by tossing up a coin, and calling Heads or tails; hence: {To play pitch and toss with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• English public school football games — During the early modern era students, former students and teachers at English public schools developed many unique codes of football. The most well known of these is Rugby football. British public school football also influenced directly the… …   Wikipedia

• quoit — quoiter, n. quoitlike, adj. /kwoyt, koyt/, n. 1. quoits, (used with a sing. v.) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible. 2. a ring used in… …   Universalium

• Lealholm — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 54.458921 longitude= 0.825069 official name= Lealholm population = 974 (total for Glaisdale parish, 2001) civil parish = Glaisdale shire district= Scarborough region= Yorkshire and the Humber shire… …   Wikipedia

• Horseshoes — is an outdoor game played between two people (or two teams of two people) using four horseshoes and two stakes. The game is played by the players alternating turns tossing horseshoes at stakes in the ground, which are traditionally placed 40 feet …   Wikipedia

• Propataireachd — there were two games in Uist, Scotland called by this name.First gameA game like quoits or pitchers. The large stones or props are set up on end some distance from each other of about convert|20|yd. The number of players varies from two to six.… …   Wikipedia

• horseshoe pitching — Game for two or four players in which a horseshoe is thrown so as to encircle or land as close as possible to a stake. A horseshoe encircling the stake is called a ringer and counts for the highest score. The game may have derived from quoits,… …   Universalium

• Amusement — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Amusement >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 amusement amusement entertainment Sgm: N 1 diversion diversion divertissement Sgm: N 1 reaction reaction solace Sgm: N 1 pastime pastime passetemps …   English dictionary for students

• Pub games — are games which are or were played in pubs, bars, inns, and taverns, particularly traditional games played in English pubs. Most are indoor games, though some are played outdoors (e.g. in the pub garden).History of pub gamesFrom Roman taverns… …   Wikipedia