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ime 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.

ode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech. This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds of listless men affect. Bunyan. The universal dialect of the world. South.

Relating to a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant.

Same as Dialectics. Plato placed his dialectic above all sciences. Liddell & Scott.

Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.

In a dialectical manner.

One versed in dialectics; a logician; a reasoner.

Discussion by dialogue as a method of scientific investigation.

That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects. Beck.

One skilled in dialectics.

The art of constructing dials; the science which treats of measuring time by dials. [Written also dialling.]

A maker of dials; one skilled in dialing.

A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Smart.

Meeting and intersecting, as lines; not parallel; -- opposed to parallel. [Obs.] Ash.

A volatile, pungent, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H10, consisting of two allyl radicals, and belonging to the acetylene series.

Relating to a dialogue; dialogistical. Burton.

In the manner or nature of a dialogue. Goldsmith.

An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more; dialogue. Fulke.

A speaker in a dialogue.

Pertaining to a dialogue; having the form or nature of a dialogue. -- Di*al`o*gis"tic*al*ly, adv.