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Search phrase: dial

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All's Well That Ends WellAW II.v.5Then my dial goes not true: I took this lark for aThen my Diall goes not true, I tooke this Larke for a
As You Like ItAYL II.vii.20And then he drew a dial from his poke,And then he drew a diall from his poake,
As You Like ItAYL II.vii.33An hour by his dial. O noble fool!An houre by his diall. Oh noble foole,
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.118By this, I think, the dial points at five.By this I thinke the Diall points at fiue: 
OthelloOth III.iv.171More tedious than the dial eightscore times!More tedious then the Diall, eight score times?
Romeo and JulietRJ II.iv.110the dial is now upon the prick of noon.the Dyall is now vpon the pricke of Noone.

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.327 Or as those bars which stop the hourly dial, Or as those bars which stop the hourely diall,
SonnetsSonn.77.2 Thy dial how thy precious minutes waste; Thy dyall how thy pretious mynuits waste,
SonnetsSonn.104.9 Ah yet doth beauty, like a dial hand, Ah yet doth beauty like a Dyall hand,

Glossary

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dialwatch, timepiece, pocket sundial
horologeclock, dial, timepiece
watchdial, clock face

Thesaurus

 2 result(s).
dialwatch
dialhorologe

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
DIALBASICdial n

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