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n. One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it
lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
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v. t. To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately
in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight
form,, to prevent twisting when running out.
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v. t. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
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v. t. To make; to construct; to do.
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v. t. To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear
better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning
his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.
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