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Definition of Recoils
1. recoil [v] - See also: recoil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recoils
Literary usage of Recoils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 1815, Waterloo by Henry Houssaye (1905)
"Dispositions for the final attack.—Strengthening of the English II.—Assault of
the plateau of Mont Saint-Jean by the Middle Guard. III.—"The Guard recoils! ..."
2. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"CHAPTER XXIV THE SECOND PUNIC WAR—Continued Hannibal, after Cannae, is joined by
Italian towns—Enters Campania, recoils from Naples, but is joined by ..."
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