coil
-1 n. கயிற்றுச்சுருள், கம்பி வளையம், திருகு வில், வட்டத்துக்குள் விட்டமான வளைய அமைப்பு, வட்டம், வளையம், திருகு வளையம், திருகு சுருள், மின் இயக்கக் கம்பிச்சுருள், (வி.) திருகு, வளையமாகச் சுற்று, சுருளாக்கு, சுருள் வடிவாக முறுகு, திருகு சுழலாக்கு.-2 n. குழப்பம், சந்தடி, இரைச்சல், ஆர்ப்பாட்டம், வீண் ஆரவாரம்.
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. 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, 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.] Defn: A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.] Shak. 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. 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, 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.] Defn: A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.] Shak.