Definition for RE-CLINE'

RE-CLINE', v.t.1 [L. reclino; re and clino, to lean.]

To lean back; to lean to one side or sidewise; as, to recline the head on a pillow, or on the bosom of another, or on the arm. The mother / Reclin'd her dying head upon his breast. – Dryden.

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