flying downward in a helical path with a large radius;
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope";
ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center;
a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at ever-greater distances from it;
a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle;
to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor";
move in a spiral or zigzag course;
form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain";
