DIALINGS
Noun
dialings
plural of dialing
Anagrams
• disalign, gliadins
Source: Wiktionary
DIALING
Di"al*ing, n.
1. The art of constructing dials; the science which treats of
measuring time by dials. [Written also dialling.]
2. A method of surveying, especially in mines, in which the bearings
of the courses, or the angles which they make with each other, are
determined by means of the circumferentor.
DIAL
Di"al, n. Etym: [LL. dialis daily, fr. L. dies day. See Deity.]
1. An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from
the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp.,
a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon
is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be
either horizontal or vertical.
2. The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is
shown by pointers or hands.
3. A miner's compass. Dial bird (Zoöl.), an Indian bird (Copsychus
saularius), allied to the European robin. The name is also given to
other related species.
– Dial lock, a lock provided with one or more plates having numbers
or letters upon them. These plates must be adjusted in a certain
determined way before the lock can be operated.
– Dial plate, the plane or disk of a dial or timepiece on which
lines and figures for indicating the time are placed.
Di"al, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dialed or Dialled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dialing
or Dialling.]
1. To measure with a dial.
Hours of that true time which is dialed in heaven. Talfourd.
2. (Mining)
Definition: To survey with a dial. Raymond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition