Definition of coil

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Coil (v. i.) To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.

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Dead-stroke :: Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
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..
Recoilingly :: Recoilingly (adv.) In the manner of a recoil.
Volume :: Volume (n.) Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current..
Kick :: Kick (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged..
Ruhmkorff''s Coil :: Ruhmkorff's coil () See Induction coil, under Induction..
Irresilient :: Irresilient (a.) Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.
Spirulate :: Spirula (n.) A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact..
Shrink :: Shrink (n.) The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal..
Accoil :: Accoil (v. t.) To coil together.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. t.) To draw or go back.
Quoil :: Quoil (n.) See Coil.
Differential :: Differential (n.) One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other..
Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.
Coiled :: Coiled (imp. & p. p.) of Coi.
Unlink :: Unlink (v. t.) To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten..
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..
Electro-magnet :: Electro-magnet (n.) A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe..
Recoiled :: Recoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Recoi.
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