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COILING
coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate
(adjective) in the shape of a coil
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
coiling
present participle of coil
Noun
coiling (plural coilings)
The pattern or motion of something that coils.
The process of fitting a ship with electromagnetic coils, so that it can be degaussed while travelling.
Source: Wiktionary
COIL
Coil (koil), v.t. [imp. & p. p. Coiled (koild); p. pr. & vb. n. Coiling.] Etym: [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.
2. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. [Obs. or R.] T. Edwards.
Coil, v. i.
Definition: 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.
Coil, 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.
Coil, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. goil fume, rage.]
Definition: A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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