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English Dictionary: Sundial by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sundial
n
  1. timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sundial \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} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Solarium.
            See {Solarium}.
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