Part 2088

<h1>Coifed</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Coifed</hw> <tt>(koift)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wearing a coif.</def>

<h1>Coiffure</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Coif"fure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>coiffer</ets>. See <er>Coif</er>.]</ety> <def>A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Coigne</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Coigne</hw> <tt>(koin)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Coin</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A quoin.</def>

<blockquote>See you yound <b>coigne</b> of the Capitol? yon corner stone? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Coigne, Coigny</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw><hw>Coigne</hw>, <hw>Coign"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody.</def> <mark>[Ireland]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Coil</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Coil</hw> <tt>(koil)</tt>, <tt>v.t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Coiled</er> (koild); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Coiling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>coillir</ets>, F. <ets>cueillir</ets>, to collect, gather together, L. <ets>coligere</ets>; <ets>col-</ets> + <ets>legere</ets> to gather. See <er>Legend</er>, and cf. <er>Cull</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <er>Collect</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To wind cylindrically or spirally; <as>as, to <ex>coil</ex> a rope when not in use; the snake <i>coiled</i> itself before springing.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>

<i>T. Edwards.</i>

<h1>Coil</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Coil</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with <i>about</i> or <i>around</i>.</def>

<blockquote>You can see his flery serpents . . . <b>Coiting</b>, playing in the water. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Coil</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Coil</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.</def>

<blockquote>The wild grapevines that twisted their <b>coils</b> from trec to tree. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.</def>

<cs><col>Induction coil</col>. <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Induction</er>.</cd> -- <col>Ruhmkorff's coil</col> <fld>(Elec.)</fld>, <cd>an induction coil, sometimes so called from <ets>Ruhmkorff<ets> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, a prominent manufacturer of the apparatus.</cd></cs>

<h1>Coil</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Coil</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. <ets>goil</ets> fume, rage.]</ety> <def>A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Coilon</h1> <Xpage=276>