Coil /(koil)/

imp. & p. p. Coiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Coiling

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.]

1. 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.

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.

2. Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
3. A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.

1. A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.]