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Webster 1913 Edition
Coil
Coil
(koil)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Coiled
(koild); p. pr. & vb. n.
Coiling
.] 1.
To wind cylindrically or spirally;
as, to
. coil
a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing2.
To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.
[Obs. or R.]
T. Edwards.
Coil
,Verb.
I.
To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; – often with about or around.
You can see his flery serpents . . .
Coiting
, playing in the water. Longfellow.
Coil
,Noun.
1.
A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.
The wild grapevines that twisted their
coils
from trec to tree. W. Irving.
2.
Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
3.
A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.
Induction coil
. (Elec.)
See under
– Induction
. Ruhmkorff’s coil
(Elec.)
, an induction coil, sometimes so called from
Ruhmkorff
, a prominent manufacturer of the apparatus.Coil
,Noun.
[Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael.
goil
fume, rage.] A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Coil
COIL
,Verb.
T.
COIL
,Noun.
1.
A rope gathered into a ring; on shipboard, a single turn or winding is called a fake, and a range of fakes is called a tier.2.
A noise, tumult, bustle.