Recognizor
(Re*cog`ni*zor") (re*kog`ni*zôr" or re*kon`i*zôr"), n. (Law) One who enters into a recognizance.
[Written also recognisor.] Blackstone.
Recognosce
(Rec"og*nosce) v. t. [L. recognoscere. See Recognizance.] To recognize. [R. & Obs.]
Boyle.
Recoil
(Re*coil") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recoiled (-koild"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recoiling.] [OE. recoilen, F.
reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- + culus the fundament. The English word was perhaps influenced in form
by accoil.]
1. 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. 2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. Shak.
3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire. [Obs.] "To your bowers recoil." Spenser.
Recoil
(Re*coil"), v. t. To draw or go back. [Obs.] Spenser.
Recoil
(Re*coil"), n.
1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
2. The state or condition of having recoiled.
The recoil from formalism is skepticism.
F. W. Robertson. 3. 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.
Recoiler
(Re*coil"er) n. One who, or that which, recoils.
Recoilingly
(Re*coil"ing*ly), adv. In the manner of a recoil.
Recoilment
(Re*coil"ment), n. [Cf. F. reculement.] Recoil. [R.]
Recoin
(Re*coin") v. t. To coin anew or again.
Recoinage
(Re*coin"age) n.
1. The act of coining anew.
2. That which is coined anew.
Re-collect
(Re`-col*lect") v. t. [Pref. re- + collect.] To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as,
to re- collect routed troops.
God will one day raise the dead, re-collecting our scattered dust.
Barrow.
