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Definition of Dialler
1. dialer [n -S] - See also: dialer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dialler
Literary usage of Dialler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday: Garden Delights which are Here Displayed by Alice Morse Earle (1902)
"On one panel is seen, partly concealed by a curtain, a furnace; while at a table
sits the old dialler in fur cap and gown with furred sleeves. ..."
2. Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday: Garden Delights which are Here Displayed by Alice Morse Earle (1902)
"... the panel of engraving seen at the base of the quadrant; for it shows so
clearly the tools and belongings of a sixteenth century dialler and alchemist. ..."
3. Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining by William Pryce (1778)
"In the fame manner the dialler takes his ... to an experimental dialler, by laying
out the fame ..."
4. The Mining Magazine (1857)
"We would recommend the young dialler to adopt a system in keeping his register,
or dialling book underground, so that his subterranean surveys may be ..."
5. The Book of Sun-dials by Alfred Gatty, H. K. F. Eden, Eleanor Lloyd (1900)
"He wished to put a sun-dial above it, and accordingly wrote to a well-known
dialler in the neighbourhood. Time went on, a general election was pending, ..."
6. The Book of Sun-dials: Originally Compiled by the Late Mrs. Alfred Gatty by Lewis Evans (1900)
"He wished to put a sun-dial above it, and accordingly wrote to a well-known
dialler in the neighbourhood. Time went on, a general election was pending, ..."
7. The Practical Miner's Guide: Treatise on Mine Engineering, Comprisinga Set by John Budge (1858)
"These points, being marked on the plan, will form a datum north and south line,
with which at any time a dialler can compare his instruments, ..."
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