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Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc..

Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.

Recoiler :: Recoiler (n.) One who, or that which, recoils..

Deadbeat :: Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

Recoilment :: Recoilment (n.) Recoil.

Recoil :: Recoil (n.) The state or condition of having recoiled.

Rejolt :: Rejolt (n.) A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.

Recule :: Recule (v. i.) To recoil.

Recoil :: Recoil (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged..

Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged..

Resilient :: Resilient (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.

Shock :: Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates..

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..

Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.

Hairspring :: Hairspring (n.) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

Irresilient :: Irresilient (a.) Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.

Recoilingly :: Recoilingly (adv.) In the manner of a recoil.

Dead-stroke :: Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.

Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return..

Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (n.) A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.

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