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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coil \Coil\, v. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coil \Coil\, n. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coil \Coil\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf Gael. goil fume, rage.] A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coil \Coil\ (koil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coiled} (koild); p. pr & vb n. {Coiling}.] [OF. coillir F. cueillir to collect, gather together, L. coligere col- + legere to gather. See {Legend}, and cf {Cull}, v. t., {Collect}.] 1. To wind cylindrically or spirally; as to coil a rope when not in use the snake coiled itself before springing. 2. To encircle and hold with or as with coils. [Obs. or R.] --T. Edwards. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: coil n 1: something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: {spiral}, {volute}, {whorl}, {helix}] 2: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles [syn: {whorl}, {roll}, {curl}, {curlicue}, {ringlet}, {gyre}, {scroll}] 3: a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine 4: a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb 5: tubing that is wound in a spiral 6: a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit v 1: to wind or move in a spiral course:" the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action,", "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" [syn: {gyrate}, {spiral}] 2: make without a wheel; of pottery [syn: {handbuild}] 3: wind around something in coils or loops [syn: {loop}, {curl}] [ant: {uncoil}]
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