Coil

v. t.	1.	To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing. [imp. & p. p. Coiled (koild); p. pr. & vb. n. Coiling.]
	2.	To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.
v. i.	1.	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.
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.
	1.	A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.

Noun	1.	coil - a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" Synonyms: helix, volute, whorl, spiral
	2.	coil - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles Synonyms: curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, scroll, whorl, roll
	3.	coil - a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine
	4.	coil - a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
	5.	coil - tubing that is wound in a spiral
	6.	coil - reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
Verb	1.	coil - 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" Synonyms: gyrate, spiral
	2.	coil - make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels" Synonyms: hand-build, handbuild
	3.	coil - wind around something in coils or loops Synonyms: curl, loop Antonyms: uncoil - unwind or untwist

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