He began slowly to uncoil, and as he lay at full length a tremor passed over him and he was seemingly dead; but for fear he might recover we bruised his head, not with our heels, but with stones.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
It took him some time to uncoil his mind from the principles of woodchopping and concentrate it on the full duty of man in a fullback's position.
"At Good Old Siwash"
George Fitch
Yet, it is claimed that certain of his enemies, like the leopard, know his one great weakness-a terror of being wet-and often make him uncoil by rolling him into the water.
"The Human Side of Animals"
Royal Dixon