coiling
/ˈkɔɪlɪŋ/
noun 2
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1COILING + NOUN
hay
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noun
1
The pattern or motion of something that coils.
Holding out her small olive hand before her captain, she said in mild and slowest Spanish, "Senor, I buried him;" then paused, struggled as against the writhed coilings of a snake, and cringing suddenly, leaped up, repeating in impassioned pain, "I buried him, my life, my soul!"
2
The process of fitting a ship with electromagnetic coils, so that it can be degaussed while travelling.
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Holding out her small olive hand before her captain, she said in mild and slowest Spanish, "Senor, I buried him;" then paused, struggled as against the writhed coilings of a snake, and cringing sudden
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They hurried to the hayfield below the barn where Matthew was coiling hay.
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