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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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1828 Definition
RECOIL', v.i.
RECOIL', v.t. To drive back. [Not used.]
RECOIL', n. A starting or falling back; as the recoil of fire-arms; the recoil of nature of the blood.
1913 Definition
To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall
back] to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to
return.
Evil on itself shall back recoil. Milton. The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . . that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits. De Quincey. To draw back, as from anything repugnant,
distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.
Shak. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self;
to retire.
[Obs.] "To your bowers recoil."
Spenser. To draw or go
back.
[Obs.] Spenser. A
starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the
recoil of nature, or of the blood.
The state or condition of having
recoiled.
The recoil from formalism is skepticism. F. W. Robertson. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of
a firearm when discharged.
Recoil dynamometer (Gunnery), an instrument for measuring the force of the recoil of a firearm. -- Recoil escapement. See the Note under Escapement. | ||||||||
