˜yÐÄvlog

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re-coil

[ ree-koil ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to coil again.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of re-coil1

First recorded in 1860–65; re- + coil 1
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Example Sentences

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“I wouldn’t try to run that next fall for all the whisky ever lost in the old Columbia,†he said decisively, beginning to re-coil his long line.

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It was while Wade held the line, waiting for the men to re-coil the hawser into safe condition to run, that the Honorable Pulaski Britt appeared.

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To be on the safe side, he at once secured the end of this second line to a bar of the grating, in case it should slip through his fingers, and handed the silken line to Harry, asking him to re-coil it for use again should it be required.

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Van began immediately to release and re-coil the rope.

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Re-coil', to start back, to shrink from.

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