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  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Recline
  2. a. Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
  3. a. Recumbent.
  4. n. the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position
  5. (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.).
  6. j:100 n. the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position