Recoil

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 86

rē-koil′, v.t. to start back: to rebound: to return: to shrink from.— n. a starting or springing back: rebound: an escapement in which after each beat the escape-wheel recoils slightly.— n. Recoil′er , one who recoils.— adj. Recoil′ing .— adv. Recoil′ingly .— n. Recoil′ment . [Fr. reculer —L. re- , back, Fr. cul , the hinder part—L. culus .]