'Dialing' definitions:
- Dial \Di"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dialedor Dialled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dialing or Dialling.]
- 1. To measure with a dial.
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- Hours of that true time which is dialed in heaven.
--Talfourd.
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- 2. (Mining) To survey with a dial. --Raymond.
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- Dialing \Di"al*ing\, n.
- 1. The art of constructing dials; the science which treats of
measuring time by dials. [Written also dialling.]
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- 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.
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Words containing 'Dialing'
- Dial,
- Dialed,
- Compass dial,
- Dial bird,
- Dial lock,
- Dial plate,
- Dial telegraph,
- Mine dial,
- Moon dial,
- Polar dial,
- Reclining dial,
- Tide dial,
- Universal dial,
- clock dial,
- dial phone,
- dial telephone,
- telephone dial,
- Prime vertical dial,
- Prime-vertical dial
