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Date "COILER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Operates lathe to wind compression, extension, and torsion springs of specified diameter, pitch, and length from wire or bar stock. Lifts roll of stock onto holding device, threads stock through guides, and clamps wire to arbor. Starts machine to revolve arbor until specified number of coils are wound, guiding coils by hand or using pitch tool. Cuts spring from stock, using shears, and reverses arbor direction to remove spring. Measures spring for conformance to specifications, using micrometers and gauges, and adjusts arbor and pitch tool to obtain specified product. Closes ends of springs, using mallet. Squares and flattens spring ends, using grinding machine. May adjust length and pitch of formed springs, using mallet and wedge. May wind wire springs, using hand-powered lathe, and be designated Spring Coiler, Hand (metal prod., nec). May be designated according to product as Flexible-Shaft Winder (metal prod., nec). (references) |
| Tends coiler that winds metal strips, sheets, or wire into coils as they emerge from rolling mills, slitters, or other machines: Adjusts coiler guides and rollers according to size of workpiece, using handtools. Starts machine which automatically winds metal onto reels and observes operation to prevent jams, uneven winding, or wrinkles. Regulates tension of coiler to prevent tearing or stretching of metal. Inspects surface of metal for stains, dirt, scratches, and other defects. Binds finished coils to prevent uncoiling. May move controls to activate hydraulic pusher arm and tilt table to transfer coil onto skid or conveyor. May be designated by employer according to experience with particular type of machine, or product coiled. (references) | |
| Tends machine that winds rope onto reel to form coil: Selects reel according to size of rope and mounts reel on spindle, using wrench. Trims loose strands from end of rope with knife and binds end with tape to prevent unraveling. Ties end of rope to reel and starts machine. Guides rope onto reel to ensure even winding. Stops machine and ties coil with cord to prevent unwinding. Lowers coil onto dolly, using chain hoist. Slides winding reel out of coil. May weigh coils. May splice rope ends. (references) | |
| Tests incandescent lamps for air leaks, using high-frequency electric ray gun: Spreads completed lamps on table, three sides and top of which are covered by black hood. Depresses switch on high-frequency ray gun which releases electric current through exposed wire protruding from gun. Passes exposed wire over lamps and observes each to ascertain its turning specified shade of blue on contact. Segregates defective lamps from those meeting standards. (references) | |
| Operates hoop-flaring-and-coiling machine to coil and flare strips of hoop steel to fit barrel: Turns setscrews that adjust distance between rolls to obtain specified diameter and flare of hoop, using wrench. Starts machine and feeds end of strip into rolls of machine that coil and flare strip. Removes coiled strip from machine and stacks it on floor. (references) | |
| Inserts and solders metal coils and pins in base of artificial teeth to form means of attachment to denture: Inserts coil in tooth, using tweezers, and solders pin to coil, using soldering iron. Coats pins with flux. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: COILER |
| Specialty definitions using "COILER": cellular-apoptosis susceptibility protein, coiler operator, COMBER TENDER, compact strip production ♦ drawing tender, DRAWING-FRAME TENDER ♦ LATHE WINDER ♦ ROD-PULLER AND COILER ♦ slitting-machine coiler, SPRING COILING MACHINE SETTER ♦ TORSION SPRING COILING MACHINE SETTER. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
coiler kona | 3 |
coiler | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "COILER": coilers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "COILER": recoiler. (additional references) | |
Words containing "COILER": recoilers. (additional references) | |
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"COILER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ceiler, chiler, Ciller, coifer, Coila, coilier, Coille, coilles, coiter, coleer, coler, colier, coller, conler, couler, couleur, Cowler, culier, goiler, ocler. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: recoil. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-o-r" | |
-1 letter: ceorl, oiler, oleic, oriel, relic, reoil. | |
-2 letters: ceil, cero, cire, coil, coir, cole, core, lice, lier, lire, loci, lore, orle, rice, riel, rile, roil, role. | |
-3 letters: cel, col, cor, ice, ire, lei, lie, oil, ole, orc, ore, rec, rei, roc, roe. | |
-4 letters: el, er, li, lo, oe, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-l-o-r" | |
+1 letter: bricole, calorie, cariole, coalier, coilers, collier, corbeil, loricae, peloric, recoils. | |
+2 letters: acrolein, albicore, blockier, braciole, bricoles, cabriole, calories, calorize, capriole, carioles, carriole, ceorlish, chloride, chlorine, chlorite, choleric, cloddier, cloggier, cloister, clothier, cloudier, coistrel, colinear, collider, colliers, colliery, colorize, comelier, compiler, complier, corbeils, cordlike, corklike, cormlike, cornicle, costlier, coverlid, creolise, creolize, cryolite, elicitor, erotical, firelock, flockier, forcible, heroical, incloser, leprotic, licensor, licorice, loricate, petrolic, recoiled, recoiler, replicon, rocaille, rocklike, scleroid. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4F 49 4C 45 52 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- .. .-.. . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001111 01001001 01001100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C O I L E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004F 0049 004C 0045 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)374943463952 |
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