1. Noun
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
2. Verb
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.
3. Verb
To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
4. Verb
To make; to construct; to do.
5. Verb
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.
6. Noun
A trick; a swindle.
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