Citations:coil
English citations of coil
- (English noun)
- tumult, turmoil
- 1843 Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 4, Abbot Hugo
- near Rochester City, his mule threw him, dislocated his poor kneepan, raised incurable inflammatory fever; and the poor old man got his dismissal from the whole coil at once.
- 1843 Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 4, Abbot Hugo
- 1890, Robert Browning, Poetical works:
Also hear Caponsacchi who comes next,
Man and priest—could you comprehend the coil!—
In days when that was rife which now is rare.
- tumult, turmoil