- present participle of coil.
coiling
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coilings
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the act or process of arranging something, such as a cable, in the form of a coil or spiral, or of moving or growing in a pattern that resembles a coil or spiral.
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the installation of electromagnetic coils in the hull of a ship so that it can be demagnetized in order to escape detection by naval mines.
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Ceramics. a pottery technique in which the clay is rolled into a long, thin shape and coiled on itself in layers.
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"Raul's CT scan of a snake embryo revealed a structure we had never seen before ¾ it was a pillar of gut stretching through the spiral of the coiling body," Miyashita says.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Such coiling action often resolves in an explosive move.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
She points out the spool of paper tickets in the box office, now coiling on the floor and ready to be counted.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
She looked down and saw a large snake coiling around her left leg.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Tyrion Lannister felt the anger coiling inside him, and crushed it out with a will.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
They were become gliding lengths of muscle as swift, as loathsome in their supple dartings and coilings as any snake lashing across the expanses of primeval jungle.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various
Here, accordingly, the coilings of the wandering forms began to slide into strait layers, and soft settlement of vapor.
From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Limbs aching, he moved forward, with slow twists 59 and coilings of the body.
From The Gray Phantom's Return by Herman Landon
Could it be that the impulses released by the Keeper's coilings passed through the Metal People of the pave on the upthrust Metal People of the crater rim who held the shields?
From The Metal Monster by Abraham Merritt
And then one could write by its coilings prehensile.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells
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