CUTHBERT BEDE, B.A.

_Quoits._--The vulgar pronunciation of the irons used in this game is

_quaits_. From the following passage in a letter from Sir Thomas Browne to

Ashmole, it is probable that the word was formerly thus spelt: "Count

Rosenberg played at _quaits_, with silver _quaits_ made by projection as

before."