v. t. [ OE. acoillir to receive, F. accueillir; L. ad + colligere to collect. See Coil. ] 1. To gather together; to collect. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) To coil together. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) A coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an alternating-current circuit to impede or throttle the current, or to change its phase; -- called also reactance coil or reactor, these terms being now preferred in engineering usage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. goil fume, rage. ] A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

adj. curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals; as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on the deck. Opposite of uncoiled. [ Narrower terms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled; convolute rolled longitudinally upon itself;curled, curled up; involute closely coiled so that the axis is obscured); looped, whorled; twined, twisted; convoluted; involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves in bud: having margins rolled inward); wound ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1
Syn. -- helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. See Cullion. ] A testicle. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) A choking coil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. A genus of North American deer.
Syn. -- genus Odocoileus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Elec.) A choking coil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Recoiled p. pr. & vb. n. Recoiling. ] [ OE. recoilen, F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- + culus the fundament. The English word was perhaps influenced in form by accoil. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evil on itself shall back recoil. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . . that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire. [ Obs. ] “To your bowers recoil.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To draw or go back. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state or condition of having recoiled. [ 1913 Webster ]

The recoil from formalism is skepticism. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged. [ 1913 Webster ]

Recoil dynamometer (Gunnery), an instrument for measuring the force of the recoil of a firearm. --
Recoil escapement. See the Note under Escapement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, recoils. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a recoil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. reculement. ] Recoil. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So called from its inventor, Ruhmkorff, a german physicist. ] (Elec.) See Induction coil, under Induction. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) (a) An induction coil used for producing sparks, esp. in an internal-combustion engine, wireless telegraph apparatus, etc. (b) A self-induction coil used to increase the spark in an electric gas-lighting apparatus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } [ After N. Tesla, American electrician. ] (Elec.) A transformer without iron, for high frequency alternating or oscillating currents; an oscillation transformer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + coil. ] To unwind or open, as a coil of rope. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil. [ 1913 Webster ]