Definition for COIL

COIL, v.t. [Fr. cueillir; perhaps Gr. ειλεω, or κυλιω. See the roots, גלל and קהל, Class Gl, No. 5, 48.]

To gather, as a line or cord into a circular form; to wind into a ring, as a serpent, or a rope.

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