coil
In medicine, another name for an intrauterine device.
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coilIn medicine, another name for an intrauterine device. |
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A countryman saw them, and running up, loosed the coil of the Serpent and let the Eagle go free. Louis at four in the afternoon, and she stood on the lower guard abaft the paddle box and watched Tom through a blur of tears until he melted into the throng of people and disappeared; then she looked no more, but sat there on a coil of cable crying till far into the night. A coil of wild serpents that are seldom at peace among themselves--so they go forth apart and seek prey in the world. |
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