#277.  Recoil. —­ N. recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce,
rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration[obs3]; kick, contrecoup[Fr]; springing back &c. v.; elasticity &c. 325; reflection, reflexion[Brit], reflex, reflux; reverberation &c. (resonance) 408; rebuff, repulse; return.
     ducks and drakes; boomerang; spring, reactionist[obs3].
     elastic collision, coefficient of restitution. 
     V. recoil, react; spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back;
rebound, reverberate, repercuss[obs3], recalcitrate[obs3]; echo, ricochet. 
     Adj. recoiling &c. v.; refluent[obs3], repercussive, recalcitrant,
reactionary; retroactive. 
     Adv. on the rebound, on the recoil &c. n. 
     Phr. for every action there is a reaction equal in force and opposite
in direction [Newton].

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     #278.  Direction. —­ N. direction, bearing, course, vector; set, drift,
tenor; tendency &c. 176; incidence; bending, trending &c. v.; dip, tack, aim, collimation; steering steerage.
     point of the compass, cardinal points; North East, South, West; N by
E, ENE, NE by N, NE, &c; rhumb[obs3], azimuth, line of collimation.
     line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march; alignment,
allignment[obs3]; air line, beeline; straight shoot. 
     V. tend towards, bend towards, point towards; conduct to, go to; point
to, point at; bend, trend, verge, incline, dip, determine.
     steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards; aim at, level at;
take aim; keep a course, hold a course; be bound for; bend one’s steps towards; direct one’s course, steer one’s course, bend one’s course, shape one’s course; align one’s march, allign one’s march[obs3]; to straight, go straight to the point; march on, march on a point.
     ascertain one’s direction &c. n.; s’orienter[French], see which way
the wind blows; box the compass; take the air line. 
     Adj. directed &c. v. directed towards; pointing towards &c. v.; bound
for; aligned, with alligned with[obs3]; direct, straight; undeviating, unswerving; straightforward; North, Northern, Northerly, &c. n. 
     Adv. towards; on the road, on the high road to; en avant; versus, to;
hither, thither, whither; directly; straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow; point blank; in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with; in a line with; full tilt at, as the crow flies.
     before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind;
windwards, in the wind’s eye.
     through, via, by way of; in all directions, in all manner of ways;
quaquaversum[Lat], from the four winds. 
     Phr. the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.