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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.