Definition of coil

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Coil (n.) Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.

Lern More About Coil

Irresilient :: Irresilient (a.) Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.
Ruhmkorff''s Coil :: Ruhmkorff's coil () See Induction coil, under Induction..
Spirifer :: Spiricle (n.) One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers.
Ugh :: Ugh (interj.) An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder..
Coil :: Coil (n.) A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound..
Accoil :: Accoil (v. t.) To coil together.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. t.) To draw or go back.
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) The state or condition of having recoiled.
Accoil :: Accoil (v. t.) To gather together; to collect.
Shock :: Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates..
Gyrate :: Gyrate (a.) Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.
Aphlogistic :: Aphlogistic (a.) Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame..
Barrel :: Barrel (n.) A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled..
Tortile :: Tortile (a.) Twisted; wreathed; coiled.
Querl :: Querl (v. t.) To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope..
Spirulate :: Spirula (n.) A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact..
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink..
Dead-stroke :: Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
Inductorium :: Inductorium (n.) An induction coil.
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..
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