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Coil \Coil\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. goil fume, rage.]
A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.] --Shak.
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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.
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2. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. [Obs. or R.]
--T. Edwards.
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Coil \Coil\, v. i.
To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to
wind; -- often with about or around.
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You can see his flery serpents . . .
Coiting, playing in the water. --Longfellow.
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Coil \Coil\, n.

1. A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or
other like thing, is wound.
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The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from
trec to tree. --W. Irving.
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2. Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
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3. A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a
steam heating apparatus.
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Induction coil. (Elec.) See under Induction.

Ruhmkorff's coil (Elec.), an induction coil, sometimes so
called from Ruhmkorff, a prominent manufacturer of the
apparatus.
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coil
n 1: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous
series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: coil, spiral,
volute, whorl, helix]

2: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as
formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, 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: reactor consisting of 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, coil]

2: make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-
builds all of her vessels" [syn: handbuild, hand-build,
coil]

3: wind around something in coils or loops [syn: coil, loop,
curl] [ant: uncoil]
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coil [kɔil]
Spule; Wendel; Wicklung

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coil [kɔil]
bobine

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coil

orsó
spirálcsô
tekercs
tekercselés


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coil [kɔil]
bobina, carretel, carrinho

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coil

Bandring m; Bandbund n
coil

eine Leine als Schnecke legen [naut.]
coil

Spirale f (Verhütungsmittel)
coil

Spule f; Wendel f; Wicklung f
coil

Stahlband n; Federband n
coil

aufwickeln; aufrollen; aufspulen
coil

sich ringeln; sich kringeln
coil

sich schlängeln; sich winden
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63 Moby Thesaurus words for "coil":
bolt, braid, brouhaha, bun, chignon, circles, cirrus, coil,
corkscrew, crimp, crisp, cue, curl, curlicue, entwine, enwrap,
evolute, foofaraw, furore, gyre, helix, involute, kink, knot, loop,
part, piece, pigtail, plait, portion, queue, rattail, revolve,
ringlet, roll, rotate, ruckus, rumpus, run, screw, scroll, shindig,
shindy, snake, spiral, strip, swirl, tail, tendril, topknot, turn,
twine, twirl, twist, uproar, volute, volution, vortex, whirl,
whorl, wind, wrap, wreathe



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