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noun. A series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding.

noun. An individual spiral or ring within such a series.

noun. A spiral pipe or series of spiral pipes, as in a radiator.

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noun. A wound spiral of two or more turns of insulated wire, used to introduce inductance into a circuit.

noun. Any of various devices of which such a spiral is the major component.

noun. A roll of postage stamps prepared for use in a vending machine.

intransitive verb. To wind in concentric rings or spirals.

intransitive verb. To wind into a shape resembling a coil.

intransitive verb. To form concentric rings or spirals.

intransitive verb. To move in a spiral course.

noun. A disturbance; a fuss.

noun. A ring or series of rings or spirals into which a pliant body, as a rope, is wound; hence, such a form in a body which is not pliant, as a steel car-spring.

noun. Specifically An electrical conductor, as a copper wire, when wound up in a spiral or other form: as, an induction-coil; a resistance-coil.

noun. A group or nest of pipes, variously arranged, used as a radiator in a steam-heating apparatus.

noun. Stir; disturbance; tumult; bustle; turmoil; trouble.

noun. [In the following quotation the meaning is uncertain; it is explained as either ‘turmoil, bustle, trouble’ (which is the sense employed in all other cases where Shakspere has used the word), or ‘that which entwines or wraps around,’ that is, the body.

To pick; choose; select.

To strain through a cloth.

To gather into a narrow compass.

To gather into rings one above another; twist or wind spirally: as, to coil a rope; a serpent coils itself to strike.

To entangle as or as if by coiling about.

To form rings, spirals, or convolutions; wind.

noun. A hencoop. Also called hen-coil.

noun. A cock, as of hay; a haycock.

noun. A cylindrical hoop or tube formed by coiling a wrought-iron bar and then welding to form a solid piece: formerly used in building up Armstrong guns.

intransitive verb. To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.

transitive verb. To wind cylindrically or spirally.

transitive verb. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.

noun. A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.

noun. Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.

noun. A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.

noun. See under Induction.

noun. an induction coil, sometimes so called from Ruhmkorff (�), a prominent manufacturer of the apparatus.

noun. A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.

noun. A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.

noun. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.

noun. Common name for any intra-uterine contraceptive device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.

noun. A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.

verb. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.

verb. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.

noun. reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit

verb. wind around something in coils or loops

noun. a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb

verb. to wind or move in a spiral course

noun. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

noun. a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine

verb. make without a potter's wheel

noun. tubing that is wound in a spiral

"Twist the object beyond recognition along the X - or Y-axis, or make the title coil out towards you along the Z - axis."

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