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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Dial

Dī'al, n.

noun

n. [L. Lat. diālis, daily, from Lat. diēs, day.]

  1. An instrument for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface. When the shadow is cast by the sun, it is also called a sun-dial. See SUN-DIAL.
  2. The graduated face of a time-piece on which the time of day is shown by pointers.
  3. A miner's compass. Wright.
A sundial stands beside a wall-mounted clock or watch dial.
Sun-dial. Clock or Watch Dial.

Dī'al, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To measure with a dial.

Hours of that true time which is dialed in heaven. Talfourd.

Sense 2. (Mining.) To survey with a dial.