Definition of coil

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Coil (n.) A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion..

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Benthamism :: Benthamism (n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions..
Upcoil :: Upcoil (v. t. & i.) To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil..
Wind :: Wind (v. i.) To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole..
Uncoil :: Uncoil (v. t.) To unwind or open, as a coil of rope..
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged..
Querl :: Querl (n.) A coil; a twirl; as, the qwerl of hair on the fore leg of a blooded horse..
Volume :: Volume (n.) Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. t.) To draw or go back.
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..
Multispiral :: Multispiral (a.) Having numerous spiral coils round a center or nucleus; -- said of the opercula of certain shells.
Kick :: Kick (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged..
Reculement :: Reculement (n.) Recoil.
Dead-stroke :: Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
Coiling :: Coiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coi.
Accoil :: Accoil (v. t.) To coil together.
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) The state or condition of having recoiled.
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..
Recule :: Recule (v. i.) To recoil.
Gyrate :: Gyrate (a.) Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.
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