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/law"gits, log"its/, n. (used with a sing. v.)a game, formerly played in England, in which players throw pieces of wood at a stake.Also, loggats.[1575-85; pl. of logget, equiv. to LOG1 + -ET]
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loggets — noun A game involving throwing pieces of wood at a stake. Did these bones cost no more the breeding but to play at loggets with them? … Wiktionary
loggets — or loggats noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: probably from 1log + et Date: 1581 a game formerly played in England in which participants throw pieces of wood at a stake … New Collegiate Dictionary
loggets — log·gets … English syllables
loggets — … Useful english dictionary
loggats — noun plural but singular or plural in construction see loggets … New Collegiate Dictionary
Loggats — (Loggets, engl.), ein in der Kirchhofszene von Shakespeares »Hamlet« erwähntes, dem germanischen Heidenwerfen (s. d.) ähnliches Spiel, das Heinrich VIII. für ganz England verbot … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
loggats — noun plural but usually singular in construction see loggets … Useful english dictionary
