Recoil |
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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Recoil |
To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. |
v. i. |
Recoil |
To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire. |
v. i. |
Recoil |
To draw or go back. |
v. t. |
Recoil |
A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood. |
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