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Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine..

Accoil :: Accoil (v. t.) To gather together; to collect.

Strombus :: Strombuliform (a.) Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix.

Querl :: Querl (n.) A coil; a twirl; as, the qwerl of hair on the fore leg of a blooded horse..

Cochlea :: Cochlea (n.) An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear..

Recoilment :: Recoilment (n.) Recoil.

Recoil :: Recoil (v. t.) To draw or go back.

Platinoid :: Platinoid (n.) An alloy of German silver containing tungsten; -- used for forming electrical resistance coils and standards.

Laocoon :: Laocoon (n.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil..

Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress..

Un- :: Un- () An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: (a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of the action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold. (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing, quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d Un-

Upcoil :: Upcoil (v. t. & i.) To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil..

Volume :: Volume (n.) Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.

Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (n.) A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.

Hairspring :: Hairspring (n.) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

Curl :: Curl (n.) To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body..

Recoil :: Recoil (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged..

Recoiling :: Recoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recoi.

Fake :: Fake (v. t.) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out..

Coil :: Coil (n.) Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.

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