·noun A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.
II. Coil ·noun Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
III. Coil ·vt To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.
IV. Coil ·noun A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.
V. Coil ·noun A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.
VI. Coil ·vt To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
VII. Coil ·vi To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to Wind;
— often with about or around.