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Recoil \Re*coil"\ (r[-e]*koil"), v. t.
To draw or go back. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Recoil \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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Recoil \Re*coil"\ (r[-e]*koil"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recoiled}
(r[-e]*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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