(n.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it
lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
(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.
(v. t.) To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
(v. t.) To make; to construct; to do.
(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.
(n.) A trick; a swindle.
