Definition of coil

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Coil (v. i.) To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.

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Resilient :: Resilient (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.
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..
Resile :: Resile (v. i.) To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
Recoilment :: Recoilment (n.) Recoil.
Dead-stroke :: Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged..
Strombus :: Strombuliform (a.) Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix.
Coil :: Coil (v. t.) To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing..
Coiled :: Coiled (imp. & p. p.) of Coi.
Uncoil :: Uncoil (v. t.) To unwind or open, as a coil of rope..
Irresilient :: Irresilient (a.) Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.
Bought :: Bought (n.) A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent..
Ugh :: Ugh (interj.) An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder..
Shocking :: Shocking (a.) Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting..
Inductorium :: Inductorium (n.) An induction coil.
Intervolution :: Intervolution (n.) The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as, the intervolutions of a snake..
Shagbark :: Shagbark (n.) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod..
Recoilingly :: Recoilingly (adv.) In the manner of a recoil.
Quoil :: Quoil (n.) See Coil.
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood..
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