Sundial

2 definitions found

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

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Sundial shell} (Zool.), any shell of the genus Solarium. See


        {Solarium}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sundial
       n : timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow
           that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial