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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Coil \Coil\, verb (used without an object) 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Coil \Coil\, noun
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Coil \Coil\, noun [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. goil fume, rage.] A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Coil \Coil\ (koil), verb (used with an object) [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}, verb (used with an object), {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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
coil
noun
1: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: {spiral}, {volute}, {whorl}, {helix}]
2: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles [syn: {whorl}, {roll}, {curl}, {curlicue}, {ringlet}, {gyre}, {scroll}]
3: a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine
4: a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
5: tubing that is wound in a spiral
6: reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
verb
1: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" [syn: {gyrate}, {spiral}]
2: make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels" [syn: {handbuild}, {hand-build}]
3: wind around something in coils or loops [syn: {loop}, {curl}] [ant: {uncoil}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "coil": bolt, braid, brouhaha, bun, chignon, circles, cirrus, coil, corkscrew, crimp, crisp, cue, curl, curlicue, entwine, enwrap, evolute, foofaraw, furore, gyre, helix, involute, kink, knot, loop, part, piece, pigtail, plait, portion, queue, rattail, revolve, ringlet, roll, rotate, ruckus, rumpus, run, screw, scroll, shindig, shindy, snake, spiral, strip, swirl, tail, tendril, topknot, turn, twine, twirl, twist, uproar, volute, volution, vortex, whirl, whorl, wind, wrap, wreathe
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