Definition of sundial

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Sundew (n.) Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort..

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Dial :: Dial (n.) 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 dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical..
Sundog :: Sundial (n.) An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate..
Pantochronometer :: Pantochronometer (n.) An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal time dial..
Sciatherical :: Sciatherical (a.) Belonging to a sundial.
Sciotheric :: Sciotheric (a.) Of or pertaining to a sundial.
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