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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Uncoil

Uncoiling,—
Like the rattlesnake’s shrill warning the reverberating drum.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes

Uncoiled itself like a huge boa about to engulf a tiny rabbit.
—James Huneker