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Recoiled

Recoil \Re*coil"\ (r[-e]*koil"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recoiled (r[-e]*koild"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recoiling.] [OE. recoilen, F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- + culus the fundament. The English word was perhaps influenced in form by accoil.]

  1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

    Evil on itself shall back recoil.
    --Milton.

    The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . . that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits.
    --De Quincey.

  2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.
    --Shak.

  3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire. [Obs.] ``To your bowers recoil.''
    --Spenser.

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recoiled

vb. (past participle of recoil English)

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Recoiled

Recoiled is an unofficial bootleg remix EP by Coil and Nine Inch Nails. It was released on February 24, 2014, via British record label Cold Spring without the knowledge or permission of Trent Reznor or his record label. There is no mention of this release on NIN.com or any official Nine Inch Nails-related channels. It was released posthumously after the deaths of the two original Coil members, Peter Christopherson and John Balance. Danny Hyde, a former employee and engineer of Coil, was responsible for the leaking of these tracks to torrent sites and licensing them to Cold Spring. The release is composed of variations of previously released remixes, which appeared on the albums Fixed, Further Down the Spiral and the Closer to God single.

The EP contains four rare remixes of Nine Inch Nails songs, which surfaced on Internet in 2012 as a bootleg. The songs that are remixed include " Gave Up", from Broken EP (1992) and " Closer", "The Downward Spiral" and "Eraser", from The Downward Spiral (1994). The CD and vinyl version of the album features a previously unheard remix of the song "Eraser".

The original bootleg for the EP was also streamed on YouTube, with the title Uncoiled.

Usage examples of "recoiled".

Frill had a good look at the reactions: the marines, to a man, recoiled and tightened their hands on their weapons as the huge bear-like beings hunched to get through the portal and then stood up and stretched, to relieve the cramp they had endured on the small shuttle.

Some of them had recoiled in terror, wondering what punishment was in store for them, harboring an assailant.

And when he opened his mouth to speak, she advanced on him so infuriated that he recoiled slightly, not trying to evade the hard finger she poked into his chest as emphasis to her words.

They snapped imaginary coils toward the Hunters or recoiled fearfully from their spears.

Greene recoiled, wondering if Todd was about to strike him, then sat very still.

Finally, the worm recoiled for a moment, and Simeon whirled aside and fled, dodging and jinking through the maze.

Then it recoiled, as the wood turned to a hoop and expanded, thrusting the rows of teeth back.

She put out her hands and concentrated, then recoiled horrified as the turbines increased their speed slightly in response.

Sascha broke in, scowling fiercely at the boy, who recoiled from his expression, "with Lessud, Shria, and their family in a Long Island Residential Linear that is not remotely like Linear G in Jerhattan.

Once again he felt a mental touch and almost recoiled from a second experience.

Then his eyes bulged out, fit to pop from his head, and he gasped, exhaling, and even Bunny, on the far side of the room, recoiled as his exhalation reached her.

When Mitford lifted off the temporary dressing, he curled his lip and recoiled slightly at the look of the puncture, then carefully replaced the bandage.

Despite herself, she recoiled, tearing her hand free of Mihall’s grip.

Not a dragon wing moved, not a rider recoiled as the silver stuff began to drop on to the sea.

Petiron recoiled slightly, but Segoina continued affably, "It is the best time to remind a child of what it knew in the womb.