Definition of discus

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Discus (n.) A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill.

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Discus :: Discus (n.) A disk. See Disk.
Discutient :: Discutient (a.) Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive; as, a discutient application..
Dialectics :: Dialectics (n.) That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error; logical discussion.
Elicit :: Elicit (v. t.) To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion..
Stoichiometric :: Stoichiology (n.) The statement or discussion of the first principles of any science or art.
Necessary :: Necessary (a.) Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed..
Word :: Word (v. i.) To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute..
Iconology :: Iconology (n.) The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. Iconography.
Table :: Table (n.) A view of the contents of a work; a statement of the principal topics discussed; an index; a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents..
Theme :: Theme (n.) A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
Conference :: Conference (n.) A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions..
Special :: Special (a.) Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study..
Dispute :: Dispute (v. t.) To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
Diatribe :: Diatribe (n.) A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic..
Matter :: Matter (n.) That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the like; theme..
Dissert :: Dissert (v. i.) To discourse or dispute; to discuss.
Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out..
Quoit :: Quoit (n.) The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
Catastasis :: Catastasis (n.) That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be discussed..
Discussed :: Discussed (imp. & p. p.) of Discus.
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