[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

recoil \recoil"\, n.
   1. a starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as,
      the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
      1913 webster

   2. the state or condition of having recoiled.
      1913 webster

            the recoil from formalism is skepticism. --f. w.
                                                  robertson.
      1913 webster

   3. specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when
      discharged.
      1913 webster

   recoil dynamometer gunnery, an instrument for measuring
      the force of the recoil of a firearm.

   recoil escapement. see the note under escapement.
      1913 webster
see also:
recoil dynamometer recoil escapement escapement 

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