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Webster 1913 Edition
Reclining
Re-clin′ing
,Adj.
(Bot.)
(a)
Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
(b)
Recumbent.
Reclining dial
, a dial whose plane is inclined to the vertical line through its center.
Davies & Peck
(Math. Dict.)
.Webster 1828 Edition
Reclining
RECLI'NING
,ppr.
Definition 2024
reclining
reclining
English
Adjective
reclining (not comparable)
- Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.
- a reclining armchair
Verb
reclining
- present participle of recline
Noun
reclining (plural reclinings)
- The act of one who reclines.
- 1865, Edward Dutton Cook, Sir Felix Foy, Bart. (page 233)
- Mr. Disbrowe was reclining on a well-worn horsehair-covered sofa, his frequent reclinings on which piece of furniture had stamped a deep and quite ineffaceable impression of his weighty form upon the cushion.
- 1865, Edward Dutton Cook, Sir Felix Foy, Bart. (page 233)