The shadow of the pointer on a sundial or quadrant. Obsolete.
transferred (nonce-uses.) The shadow on a sundial.
(a) = line of shadows at sense 4d; (b) a line cast by the shadow of an upright post or by the gnomon of a sun-dial.
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