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3. A series of connected pipes in rows or
layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.

Induction coil. (Elec.) See under
Induction. -- Ruhmkorff's coil
(Elec.), an induction coil, sometimes so called from
Ruhmkorff (&?;), a prominent manufacturer of the
apparatus.

Coil, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf.
Gael. goil fume, rage.] A noise, tumult, bustle, or
confusion. [Obs.] Shak.

Coi"lon (?), n. [F. See
Cullion.] A testicle. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

Coin (koin), n. [F. coin,
formerly also coing, wedge, stamp, corner, fr. L.
cuneus wedge; prob. akin to E. cone, hone.
See Hone, n., and cf. Coigne,
Quoin, Cuneiform.] 1. A quoin;
a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and
Quoin.

2. A piece of metal on which certain
characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally
current as money; -- much used in a collective sense.

It is alleged that it [a subsidy] exceeded all the
current coin of the realm.


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