Definition of coil

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

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Coiling :: Coiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coi.
Ruhmkorff''s Coil :: Ruhmkorff's coil () See Induction coil, under Induction..
Volume :: Volume (n.) Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
Resilient :: Resilient (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.
Shock :: Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates..
Recoiler :: Recoiler (n.) One who, or that which, recoils..
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine..
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..
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged..
Coil :: Coil (n.) A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound..
Recoilingly :: Recoilingly (adv.) In the manner of a recoil.
Intervolve :: Intervolve (v. t.) To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.
Unwreathe :: Unwreathe (v. t.) To untwist, uncoil, or untwine, as anything wreathed..
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) The state or condition of having recoiled.
Uncoil :: Uncoil (v. t.) To unwind or open, as a coil of rope..
Coilon :: Coilon (n.) A testicle.
Upcoil :: Upcoil (v. t. & i.) To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil..
Multispiral :: Multispiral (a.) Having numerous spiral coils round a center or nucleus; -- said of the opercula of certain shells.
Fake :: Fake (n.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil..
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.
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