Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A constructor of dials; one skilled in dialing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A maker of dials; one skilled in dialing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
maker ofsundials ; agnomonist .
Etymologies
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dial + -ist
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Examples
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The map's meridians of longitude would serve as the sundial's hour lines, creating a union of time and space for that particular location — something no dialist or clockmaker had ever before achieved ...
Boing Boing 2007
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