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Recoiled :: Recoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Recoi.

Resile :: Resile (v. i.) To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

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

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

Shocking :: Shocking (a.) Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting..

Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress..

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

Ugh :: Ugh (interj.) An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder..

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

Reculement :: Reculement (n.) Recoil.

Kick :: Kick (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged..

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

Stram :: Stram (v. t.) To spring or recoil with violence.

Benthamism :: Benthamism (n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions..

Recoiling :: Recoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recoi.

Recoilment :: Recoilment (n.) Recoil.

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

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

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