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substylar, a. (n.)|ˈsʌbstaɪlə(r)| Also -ilar, -iler. [ad. mod.L. substylāris (sc. linea line): see sub- 1 and stylar.] substylar line = substyle. Also ellipt. as n.
1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. vii. xi. 18 To find what Hour..the Substiler is distant from the Meridian. Ibid. xxvii. 40 Chuse some convenient place in your Substiler Line..and there draw the line FBA. 1764J. Ferguson Lect. 224 Draw the contingent line EQ, cutting the substilar line at right angles. 1795Hutton Math. Dict. II. 536 In easterly and westerly dials, the substilar line is the line of 6 o'clock. |