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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Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.
Querl :: Querl (v. t.) To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope..
Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged..
Intervolve :: Intervolve (v. t.) To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.
Voluminous :: Voluminous (a.) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions..
Coiling :: Coiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coi.
Upcoil :: Upcoil (v. t. & i.) To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil..
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..
Baculite :: Baculite (n.) A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite..
Ran :: Ran (n.) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
Accoil :: Accoil (v. t.) To gather together; to collect.
Barrel :: Barrel (n.) A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled..
Snakestone :: Snakestone (n.) An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake..
Coiled :: Coiled (imp. & p. p.) of Coi.
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball..
Platinoid :: Platinoid (n.) An alloy of German silver containing tungsten; -- used for forming electrical resistance coils and standards.
Stram :: Stram (v. t.) To spring or recoil with violence.
Spirifer :: Spiricle (n.) One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers.
Ophiomancy :: Ophiomancy (n.) Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by their coils..
Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (n.) A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.
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