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Intervolve :: Intervolve (v. t.) To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.

Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current..

Vernation :: Vernation (n.) The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation..

Un- :: Un- () An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: (a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of the action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold. (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing, quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d Un-

Coil :: Coil (v. t.) To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils..

Curl :: Curl (n.) To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body..

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.

Rejolt :: Rejolt (n.) A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.

Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine..

Tendril :: Tendril (a.) A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally..

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..

Upcoil :: Upcoil (v. t. & i.) To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil..

Querl :: Querl (v. t.) To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope..

Reculement :: Reculement (n.) Recoil.

Recoil :: Recoil (n.) The state or condition of having recoiled.

Dead-stroke :: Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.

Ran :: Ran (n.) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.

Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc..

Recoilingly :: Recoilingly (adv.) In the manner of a recoil.

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