Obs. In 6 coyl. [perh. a vbl. sb. from COIL v.1 to select.] ? A selection, a choice.
1574. B. Googe, Lett. to Burghley, 15 May, in N. & Q., 7 March 1863. 183/2. We have here a coyl of proper men … whose souldiours … would doo a man goode to behold their servysse.
