Part 3062

<hw>Di`a*gram*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing by diagram.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Di`a*gram*mat"ic*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Diagraph</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di"a*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to draw: cf. F. <ets>diagraphe</ets>. See <er>Diagram</er>.]</ety> <def>A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale.</def>

<h1>Diagraphic, Diagraphical</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw><hw>Di`a*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Di`a*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>diagraphique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Descriptive.</def>

<h1>Diagraphics</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di`a*graph"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or science of descriptive drawing; especially, the art or science of drawing by mechanical appliances and mathematical rule.</def>

<h1>Diaheliotropic</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di`a*he`li*o*trop"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ through, at variance + <?/ sun + <?/ turning.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Relating or, or manifesting, diaheliotropism.</def>

<h1>Diaheliotropism</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di`a*he`li*ot"ro*pism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tendency of leaves or other organs of plants to have their dorsal surface faced towards the rays of light.</def>

<h1>Dial</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>dialis</ets> daily, fr. L. <ets>dies</ets> day. See <er>Deity</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time 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 <i>dials</i>. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A miner's compass.</def>

<cs><col>Dial bird</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an Indian bird (<spn>Copsychus saularius</spn>), allied to the European robin. The name is also given to other related species.</cd> -- <col>Dial lock</col>, <cd>a lock provided with one or more plates having numbers or letters upon them. These plates must be adjusted in a certain determined way before the lock can be operated.</cd> -- <col>Dial plate</col>, <cd>the plane or disk of a dial or timepiece on which lines and figures for indicating the time are placed.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dial</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di"al</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dialed</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Dialled</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dialing</er> or <er>Dialling</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To measure with a dial.</def>

<blockquote>Hours of that true time which is <b>dialed</b> in heaven. <i>Talfourd.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>To survey with a dial.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<h1>Dialect</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di"a*lect</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>dialecte</ets>, L. <ets>dialectus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to converse, discourse. See <er>Dialogue</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.</def>

<blockquote>This book is writ in such a <b>dialect</b> As may the minds of listless men affect. <b>Bunyan</b>. The universal <b>dialect</b> of the world. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; <as>as, the Ionic and Attic were <ex>dialects</ex> of Greece; the Yorkshire <ex>dialect</ex>; the <ex>dialect</ex> of the learned.</as></def>