Part 3064

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The art of constructing dials; the science which treats of measuring time by dials.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>dialling</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A method of surveying, especially in mines, in which the bearings of the courses, or the angles which they make with each other, are determined by means of the circumferentor.</def>

<h1>Dialist</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di"al*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A maker of dials; one skilled in dialing.</def>

<h1>Diallage</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di*al"la*ge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ interchange, change, fr. <?/ to interchange.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point.</def>

<i>Smart.</i>

<h1>Diallage</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di"al*lage</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ change, alluding to the change and inequality of luster between the natural joints of the mineral.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous rocks.</def>

<h1>Diallel</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di"al*lel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ crossing.]</ety> <def>Meeting and intersecting, as lines; not parallel; -- opposed to <i>parallel</i>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ash.</i>

<h1>Diallyl</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di*al"lyl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A volatile, pungent, liquid hydrocarbon, <chform>C6H10</chform>, consisting of two allyl radicals, and belonging to the acetylene series.</def>

<h1>Dialogical</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di`a*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ belonging to discourse.]</ety> <def>Relating to a dialogue; dialogistical.</def>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Dialogically</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di`a*log"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner or nature of a dialogue.</def>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<h1>Dialogism</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di*al"o*gism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>dialogisme</ets>. See <er>Dialogue</er>.]</ety> <def>An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more; dialogue.</def>

<i>Fulke.</i>

<h1>Dialogist</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di*al"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dialogista</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dialogiste</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A speaker in a dialogue.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A writer of dialogues.</def>

<i>P. Skelton.</i>