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Coit vs Coix - What's the difference?

coit | coix |

As a noun coit

is (obsolete) a quoit.

As a verb coit

is (obsolete) to throw, as a stone or coit can be to have sexual intercourse; to mate.

As a proper noun coix is

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coit

English

Etymology 1

See quoit.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A quoit.
    • (Carew)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To throw, as a stone.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 2

    Back-formation from coitus.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To have sexual intercourse; to mate.
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    coix

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • an East Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi , sometimes harvested as a cereal.

    • Anagrams

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