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Rec`li*na"tion (rk`l*n"shn), n. [Cf. F. réclinaison.] 1. The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.

2. (Dialing) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line. Brande & C.

3. (Surg.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one. Dunglison.

Re*cline" (r*kln"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclined (-klnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reclining.] [L. reclinare; pref. re- re- + clinare to lean, incline. See Incline, Lean to incline.] To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.

The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast.

Dryden.

Re*cline", v. i. 1. To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.

2. To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.

Re*cline", a. [L. reclinis. See Recline, v. t.] Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining. [R.]

They sat, recline On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers.

Milton.

Re*clined" (r*klnd"), a. (Bot.) Falling or turned downward; reclinate.

Re*clin"er (r*kln"r), n. One who, or that which, reclines.

Re*clin"ing, a. (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.).

Re*close" (r*klz"), v. t. To close again. Pope.

Re*clothe" (r*klth"), v. t. To clothe again.

Re*clude" (r*kld"), v. t. [L. recludere to unclose, open; pref. re- again, back, un- + claudere to shut.] To open; to unclose. [R.] Harvey.

Re*cluse" (r*kls"), a. [F. reclus, L. reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See Close.] Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.

In meditation deep, recluse From human converse.

J. Philips.

Re*cluse", n. [F. reclus, LL. reclusus. See Recluse, a.] 1. A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries.

2. The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.] Foxe.

Re*cluse", v. t. To shut up; to seclude. [Obs.]

Re*cluse"ly, adv. In a recluse or solitary manner.

Re*cluse"ness, n. Quality or state of being recluse.

Re*clu"sion (-kl"zhn), n. [LL. reclusio: cf. F. reclusion.] A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.

Re*clu"sive (-sv), a. Affording retirement from society. "Some reclusive and religious life." Shak.