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Definition of 'coil'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ; compare legend.
Noun
( en-noun)
Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- the sinuous coils of a snake
* Washington Irving
- The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from tree to tree.
Any intra-uterine contraceptive device (Abbreviation: IUD )—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
(electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
(figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.
Synonyms
* (coil of conductive wire) inductor
Derived terms
( top3)
* coil spring
* impedance coil
( mid3)
* mosquito coil
* Oudin coil
( mid3)
* Tesla coil
( bottom)
Verb
( en-verb)
To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
- A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart.
To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
- The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.
To wind cylindrically or spirally.
- to coil a rope when not in use
- The snake coiled itself before springing.
(obsolete|rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
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Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
Noun
( en-noun)
A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
* 1594 , William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus , Act III:
- If the windes rage, doth not the Sea wax mad, / Threatning the welkin with his big-swolne face? / And wilt thou haue a reason for this coile ?
* 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 162:
- this great Savage desired also to see him. A great coyle there was to set him forward.
* 1704 , Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub :
- they continued so extremely fond of gold, that if Peter sent them abroad, though it were only upon a compliment, they would roar, and spit, and belch, and piss, and f—t, and snivel out fire, and keep a perpetual coil , till you flung them a bit of gold [...].
Derived terms
* mortal coil
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