单词 | hour-line |
释义 | > as lemmashour-line hour-line n. a line on a dial indicating the hour by the passage of the shadow across it. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial > parts of pinOE gnomon1546 style1577 cock1585 hour-line1593 substyle1593 index1594 noon-line1596 incliner1638 substylara1652 substylar linea1652 staff1669 nodus1678 node1704 stylus1796 noon-mark1842 sun line1877 1593 T. Fale Horologiographia f. 6 From the centre C. by these markes the houre-line must be drawne. 1768 J. Ferguson in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 390 The true hour-lines for a horizontal dial. < as lemmas |
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