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Meanings of black coils in English

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Usage of black coils in English
1
She had wound them in the black coils of her hair.
The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
2
His patron's black coils faded to the monotone darkness of sleep.
Sister of the dead
3
She bathed her face and wound the long black coils about her shapely head.
The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
4
Midway all is muffled in forest, and the black coils of Cocytus circle it round.
The Aeneid of Virgil
5
Oily black coils of smoke arose, and the Director began to dance around the monkey.
The Robot Who Looked Like Me
6
And now she did not flee, though the black coils were piled at her very feet.
The Poor Little Rich Girl
7
He went to her help, unpinning the black coils, smoothing them and plaiting them in a loose braid.
The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson)
8
Then he fell into a drowsy state, in which he saw the fire rising in great black coils that united far above.
The Scouts of the Valley
9
Her black hair, carefully parted down the middle, was brushed back and bound into hard black coils low down over the neck.
Fortitude
10
His skin was hairless, but the hair of his head was piled up in thick, black coils, and fastened like a woman's.
A Voyage to Arcturus
11
The great black coils spun, spun, spun, the rings ran round under the brushes, and the deep note of its coil steadied the whole.
The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories
12
Welstiel Massing opened his eyes, alone, lying upon a large, canopied bed in his rented room as the black coils faded from his thoughts.
Thief of lives
13
Whence has he word of the morning before the morning breaks, and when the dragon night still holds the sky in its cold black coils?
Fruit-Gathering
14
"Indeed, child, I do not see how I can help you." She touched the black coils ineffectually.
The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale
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