Definition of coil

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Coil (v. t.) To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing..

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Accoil :: Accoil (v. t.) To gather together; to collect.
Ugh :: Ugh (interj.) An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder..
Recoilingly :: Recoilingly (adv.) In the manner of a recoil.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return..
Bight :: Bight (v.) The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop..
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..
Coil :: Coil (n.) A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus..
Uncoil :: Uncoil (v. t.) To unwind or open, as a coil of rope..
Strombus :: Strombuliform (a.) Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix.
Querl :: Querl (v. t.) To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope..
Resilient :: Resilient (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.
Quoil :: Quoil (n.) See Coil.
Coiled :: Coiled (imp. & p. p.) of Coi.
Ruhmkorff''s Coil :: Ruhmkorff's coil () See Induction coil, under Induction..
Recoilment :: Recoilment (n.) Recoil.
Ran :: Ran (n.) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
Reculement :: Reculement (n.) Recoil.
Intervolve :: Intervolve (v. t.) To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.
Deadbeat :: Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.
Baculite :: Baculite (n.) A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite..
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