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sundial

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:35:24

Sun"di`al (?), n.

An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate.

Sundial shell Zool., any shell of the genus Solarium. See Solarium.

 

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