loggets

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔɡ.ɪts/, /ˈlɑɡ.ɪts/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒɡ.ɪts/
• (late Early Modern English) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒɡəts/

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Noun

loggets

1. plural of logget

Noun

loggets (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A game involving throwing pieces of wood at a stake.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     Did these bones cost no more the breeding but to play at loggets with them?

Anagrams

• goglets, toggles