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Webster 1913 Edition

Rebound

Re-bound′

(rē̍-bound′)
,
Verb.
I.
[Pref.
re-
+
bound
: cf. F.
rebondir
.]
1.
To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body;
as, a
rebounding
echo
.
Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not
rebound
from one another.
Sir I. Newton.
2.
To give back an echo.
[R.]
T. Warton.
3.
To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.
Pope.
Rebounding lock
(Firearms)
,
one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.

Re-bound′

,
Verb.
T.
To send back; to reverberate.
Silenus sung; the vales his voice
rebound
.
Dryden.

Re-bound′

,
Noun.
1.
The act of rebounding; resilience.
Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift
rebound
.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rebound

REBOUND'

, v.i.
To spring back; to start back; to be reverberated by an elastic power resisting force or impulse impressed; as a rebounding echo.
Bodies absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.

REBOUND'

,
Verb.
T.
To drive back; to reverberate.
Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound.

REBOUND'

,
Noun.
The act of flying back in resistance of the impulse of another body; resilience.
Put back as from a rock with swift rebound.

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