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Definition of Recocked
1. recock [v] - See also: recock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recocked
Literary usage of Recocked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1916)
"... a percussion tube, the following procedure is to be adopted: (a) The BM lever
is to be tapped to insure it is closed. (6) The striker is to be recocked. ..."
2. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"Guiteau recocked his revolver and deliberately fired again at the president, who
fell to the floor, covered with blood. Guiteau fled, dropping his pistol as ..."
3. The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by James Anthony Froude (1888)
"His adversary took a deliberate aim; his pistol missed fire; he recocked it a
second and again a third time, with the same result. De Bla- qiere advised him ..."
4. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1891)
"He coolly recocked it, carefully aimed and fired. Dickinson reeled and fell.
The ball had struck him just above the right hip and passed through his body. ..."
5. Complete Life of William McKinley and Story of His Assassination: An by Marshall Everett (1901)
"The assassin recocked his revolver and fired again, and then turned to flee.
The President fell to the floor, the blood gushing from a wound in his side. ..."
6. The Romance of Old New England Churches by Mary Caroline Crawford (1903)
"... hat recocked, etc 0 20 To three yards queue ribbon .... 0 13 This union of
two old sweethearts had unpleasant results for the Reverend Arthur Browne. ..."
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