The ring snake is not a constrictor, yet he thus tied himself round the tree by the coilsof his tail.
Not far short of an hour was occupied in this meal, during which the victim showed no signs of being poisoned, nor were hiscoils round the stump relaxed in the slightest degree, till Ophio reached the tail.
Illustration] In these conflicts one could but observe a dogged stupidity on the part of the venomous snake, who, had he but brought coilsto his aid, might have simplified matters so easily.
She had no sooner done so than he caught her in his coilsand carried her down under the earth.
And so she did, sure enough; and no sooner did her head appear on the other side than he twisted his coilsround her and dragged her down under the earth.
Then, finally, they closed their coils tightly round him, and carried him away through the thick, sunless forest, and no one ever saw him again!
More than once they had to unwind several coils and rewind them before they finally got the whole core wound in a satisfactory manner.
On the wall was arranged a large variety of tools and on the bench were strewn several coils of wire and a number of objects the name and use of which the boys did not know.
But at last it was finished, all coilswound smooth and close, and the boys gazed at it with pardonable pride.
Miss Smith was partial to auburn hair; she wondered if this girl had a coloring to match the rich reddish tones that glinted in the smooth coils about her head.
Her frock was like the night, brilliant yet subdued; it was black, but glittering with little sparks; about her bare arms were coils of silver, and from her waist hung cords of plaited steel.
Before they parted they had agreed upon a tryst, a spot wholly sheltered by cedars and tamarinds, through which a brook ran, and where tendrils with a thousand coils embraced the willing trees as would they smother them with flowers.
The Midgard serpent reared its horrid head above the waves, and then drew its huge coils from around the earth, creeping slowly from the sea to the land.
Thor struggled fiercely with the Midgard serpent, and though he killed it at last with his hammer, the terriblecoils closed slowly about him and he was drowned in the flood of venom that poured out of the dying creature's mouth.
The beautiful white coils were the portions protected by the hide from the flame and smoke.
At one side of the tepee lay piled quite a score of blankets in mixed colors, a heap of thick furs, pyramids of buffalo horns, and coils and coils of the famous "grass and sinew" lariats for roping cattle and horses.
When he woke he fancied himself paralysed; every limb, every finger even, was motionless: coils and coils of broad spider ribbon bandaged his members to his body, and all to the chair.
He woke in terror unspeakable, and would have started up but the moment he moved, the legserpent drew his coils closer, and closer still, and drew and drew until the quaking traitor heard the joints of his bedstead grinding and gnarring.
A small sharpening plate and flask of oil for keeping the family couch in easy trim, a smoothing plane and saw, wire nails and coils of thin cord, a pair of pincers, and a good knife.
It will be observed, however, that the magnetism of poles B, for example, established by a current impulse in the coils thereon, precedes the magnetic effect set up in the armature by the induced current in coils F.
The ends of the coils are connected to binding-posts s s, which are in electrical connection with metal plates t t within the recesses in the two parts S T.
The effect of these coils will be to still more effectively retard the magnetization of the polar extensions of C.
The field-coils are thrown into circuit with the direct current source when the main switch is shifted.
On the same poles are also wound secondary coils F, either side by side or over or under the primary coils, and these are connected with othercoils E, which surround the poles B B.
As the piston with the coils is perfectly free to move, it is extremely susceptible to the influence of the natural vibration set up in the circuits of the coils H H.
Around this core are wound the conductors E E', to form the coils in which the currents are developed.
J J are the field coils of the synchronizing, and H I the field coils of the torque motor.
The serpent, its black coils writhing and twisting around her arm, opened its jaws and hissed horribly.
The hideous coils began to separate, gliding apart, head erect, and hissing till the whole area of the grisly cavern seemed alive with writhing, hissing serpents.
And that nothing should be wanting to complete the diabolical horror of her appearance, the repulsive and glistening coils of a live serpent were folding and unfolding about the left arm and shoulder of the sorceress.
Each half of the commutator C is connected to the coils AA as shown in Fig.
Circuit Breaker for Induction Coils [101] Amateurs building induction coils are generally bothered by the vibrator contacts blackening, thus giving a high resistance contact, whenever there is any connection made at all.
Glue the coils to the back of the case and connect one wire from each binding-post as shown in Fig.
Withdraw the wooden core from the coils of wire and secure the latter by bands of tin to the board.
It is therefore undesirable for electric bells, induction coils and all other open-circuit apparatus.
Now, move the coils back and forth until the click sounds just the way you wish and you are ready to begin on the Morse code.
When tired of this instrument, connect the wire from the coils to the key to point A and the one connected at the point under the key to B, leaving the other wire as it is.
The current is flowing through both bells all the time, the same as the coils of a telegraph sounder, but is not strong enough to ring both connected in series.
Fasten these coils on the blocks at one end as in Fig.
Make sure that the coils of wire do not touch each other or the top plate.
Every curve and fold of her sari, and the half-seen coils of her dark hair, every movement, every quaint turn of phrase, set his nerves vibrating with an ecstasy that was pain.
They are very generally distributed, and are to be found between tide-marks, in loose coils like a string, under stones on sandy and muddy shores.
When the coils of the shell are very compact there is no umbilicus to be seen.
It will be noted that all the specimens figured as examples, save one, are spiral, the coils revolving about an imaginary axis.
Egg-capsules of /Fulgur/ are leathery coils of angular disks adhering by one edge to a connecting-band of a similar texture.
The alimentary canal, starting in Aristotle's lantern, winds in two and a halfcoils around the inside of the shell, supported by mesenteries, and terminates in the excretory opening on the aboral surface.
I presented my letter of introduction from an American friend of the owner and was soon entangled in the coils of Mexican pseudo-politeness.
Thus, in the absolute determination of the ampere with a current balance, the force between two coils carrying current is balanced by the earth's gravitational force upon a body of determinable mass.
Within the box was an electromagnet whose coilswere connected with a chronometer circuit and whose armature carried a long arm that moved two shutters, in both of which were horizontal slits of the same size.
This two-headed serpent he must place in a jar and nourish secretly, so that none should know of its existence, and so hide it until it grew large enough to wind its coils three times within the jar and put its head out.
The serpent tried to envelop horse and man in its folds, but ere it could bring its grisly coils to bear upon them Palmerin had smitten off its head.
With thee, accursed betrayer of secrets and worker of iniquity, have I learned that soft caresses may prove as the coils of a venomous serpent, and that a woman's lips may conceal poison!
Still before me I saw those coils and that flat head.
Nay, nay, my boy, tempt me not; I cannot leave your mother to meet all the coils that may fall in her way!
To trace out all the coils of as villainous and bloodthirsty a plot as ever was hatched in a traitor's brain," said Will; "but they little knew that we overlooked their designs the whole time.
The machine is specially designed for ship lighting, and with the view of preventing any magnetic effect upon the ship's compass, the field is arranged so that the armature, pole pieces, and coils are entirely inclosed by iron.
In this case, also, the current in the coils causes a retardation of the speed of change and extent of change of magnetism in the iron cores, which keeps down the intensity of the magnetic reaction.
In the latter the external circuit of the machine and its wire coils take the larger part of the energy which is expended in doing the work in the circuit.
A wireless system had also been erected on the roof of the building by the wireless enthusiasts of the troop and the helix, spark-gap and various coils and keys were also set up in the wire room.
With as much system as a trained army corps they began to unload the coils of rope and the pulleys.
As soon as thecoils of wire arrived a dozen scouts began to swarm the big Christmas tree, looping the wires from branch to branch and fastening them securely.
Midway all is muffled in forest, and the black coils of Cocytus circle it round.
Another fifteen seconds in those great coils would have finished me off altogether.
With all that power going into it," Davenport said, "I don't want anyone to get hurt by spatters of molten metal when those field coils blow.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "coils" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
