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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dial \Di"al\, n. [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.
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     2. The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of
        day is shown by pointers or hands.
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     3. A miner's compass.
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     {Dial bird} (Zool.), 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dial \Di"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dialed}or {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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dial
       n 1: the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
       2: the control on a radio or television set that is used for
          tuning
       3: the circular graduated indicator on various measuring
          instruments
       4: a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for
          each number called [syn: {telephone dial}]
       v 1: operate a dial to select a telephone number; "You must take
            the receiver off the hook before you dial"
       2: choose by means of a dial; "dial a telephone number"
       [also: {dialling}, {dialled}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "dial":
     appraise, appreciate, assay, assess, buzz, calculate, calibrate,
     caliper, call, call up, check a parameter, compute, countenance,
     divide, estimate, evaluate, face, fathom, features, gauge,
     give a ring, graduate, hang up, hold the phone, kisser, listen in,
     make a call, map, measure, mensurate, mete, meter, mug, pace, pan,
     phiz, phone, plumb, prize, probe, puss, quantify, quantize, rate,
     ring, ring off, ring up, size, size up, sound, span, step, survey,
     take a reading, telephone, triangulate, valuate, value, visage,
     weigh
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Dial
     for the measurement of time, only once mentioned in the Bible,
     erected by Ahaz (2 Kings 20:11; Isa. 38:8). The Hebrew word
     (ma'aloth) is rendered "steps" in Ex. 20:26, 1 Kings 10:19, and
     "degrees" in 2 Kings 20:9, 10, 11. The _ma'aloth_ was probably
     stairs on which the shadow of a column or obelisk placed on the
     top fell. The shadow would cover a greater or smaller number of
     steps, according as the sun was low or high.
     
       Probably the sun-dial was a Babylonian invention. Daniel at
     Babylon (Dan. 3:6) is the first to make mention of the "hour."
     

















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