[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

coil \coil\, n. of celtic origin; cf. gael. goil fume, rage.
   a noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. obs. --shak.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

coil \coil\ koil, v. t. imp.  p. p. coiled koild; p. pr.
    vb. n. coiling. of. coillir, f. cueillir, to collect,
   gather together, l. coligere; col- + legere to gather. see
   legend, and cf. cull, v. t., collect.
   1. to wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when
      not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
      1913 webster

   2. to encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. obs. or r.
      --t. edwards.
      1913 webster
see also:
coiled coiling legend cull collect 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

coil \coil\, v. i.
   to wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to
   wind; -- often with about or around.
   1913 webster

         you can see his flery serpents . . .
         coiting, playing in the water.           --longfellow.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

coil \coil\, n.
   1. a ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or
      other like thing, is wound.
      1913 webster

            the wild grapevines that twisted their coils from
            trec to tree.                         --w. irving.
      1913 webster

   2. fig.: entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
      1913 webster

   3. a series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a
      steam heating apparatus.
      1913 webster

   induction coil. elec. see under induction.

   ruhmkorff's coil elec., an induction coil, sometimes so
      called from ruhmkorff, a prominent manufacturer of the
      apparatus.
      1913 webster
see also:
induction coil induction ruhmkorff's coil 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

63 moby thesaurus words for "coil":
   bolt, braid, brouhaha, bun, chignon, circles, cirrus, coil,
   corkscrew, crimp, crisp, cue, curl, curlicue, entwine, enwrap,
   evolute, foofaraw, furore, gyre, helix, involute, kink, knot, loop,
   part, piece, pigtail, plait, portion, queue, rattail, revolve,
   ringlet, roll, rotate, ruckus, rumpus, run, screw, scroll, shindig,
   shindy, snake, spiral, strip, swirl, tail, tendril, topknot, turn,
   twine, twirl, twist, uproar, volute, volution, vortex, whirl,
   whorl, wind, wrap, wreathe

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