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Re*coil" (r&euptack_;*koil"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recoiled (r&euptack_;*koild"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recoiling.] [OE. recoilen, F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- + culus the fundament. The English word was perhaps influenced in form by accoil.]
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1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.
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Evil on itself shall back recoil. Milton.
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The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . . that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits. De Quincey.
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2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. Shak.
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3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire. [Obs.] “To your bowers recoil.” Spenser.
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Re*coil" (r&euptack_;*koil"), v. t. To draw or go back. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Re*coil", n. 1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
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2. The state or condition of having recoiled.
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The recoil from formalism is skepticism. F. W. Robertson.
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3. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.
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Recoil dynamometer (Gunnery), an instrument for measuring the force of the recoil of a firearm. -- Recoil escapement. See the Note under Escapement.
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