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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Hackell’s Coit.
 
A vast stone near Stantin Drew, in Somersetshire; so called from a tradition that it was a coil thrown by Sir John Hautville. In Wiltshire three huge stones near Kennet are called the Devil’s coits.   1
 


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