2. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. [Obs. or R.] T. Edwards.
COIL
Coil, v. i.
Defn: 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
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
Coil, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. goil fume, rage.]
Defn: A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.] Shak.
COILON
Coi"lon, n. Etym: [F. See Cullion.]