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Definition of Recoiling

1. recoil [v] - See also: recoil

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Recoiling

recognizable recognizably recognizance recognizances recognize recognized recognizer recognizers recognizes recognizing

recoil recoil recoiled recoiler recoilers recoiling (current term) recoilless recoils recoil atom recoil wave

recoin recoinage recoinages recoined recoining recoins recollect recollect recollected recollecting

Literary usage of Recoiling

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1. The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical Display of by John Nicholson (1825)
"In this, it is evident that the motion of the wheel is hobbling and unequal, by which this escapement has received the appellation of the recoiling ..."

2. The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical Display of by John Nicholson (1825)
"... it is evident that the motion of the wheel is hobbling and unequal, by which this escapement lias received the appellation of the recoiling ..."

3. Philosophy of the Mechanics of Nature, and the Source and Modes of Action of by Zachariah Allen (1852)
"... sustaining organic formations in their various fixed states of solidity, as balanced antagonistically against the recoiling Inorganic reaction. ..."

4. The Complete Works by John Ruskin (1894)
"They have a message for us which it tiou of recoiling . ... Such a recoiling wave will proceed out to sea through ten or twelve ranges of following breakers ..."

5. Stresses in Wire-wrapped Guns and in Gun Carriages: By Lieutenant Colonel by Colden L'Hommedieu Ruggles (1916)
"Velocity and Acceleration Curves of the recoiling Parts. — Article 58 gives a description of the method of plotting the velocity and acceleration curves of ..."

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