4 definitions found 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. [1913 Webster] Hours of that true time which is dialed in heaven. --Talfourd. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) To survey with a dial. --Raymond. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dialing \Di"al*ing\, n. 1. The art of constructing dials; the science which treats of measuring time by dials. [Written also {dialling}.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: dialling See {dial}
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