Defn: An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate. Sundial shell (Zoöl.), any shell of the genus Solarium. See Solarium.
SUNDOG
Sun"dog`, n. (Meteorol.)
Defn: A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or in a manner similar to that of halos.
SUNDOWN
Sun"down`, n.
1. The setting of the sun; sunset. "When sundown skirts the moor." Tennyson.
2. A kind of broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women.
SUNDOWNER
Sun"down`er, n.
Defn: A tramp or vagabond in the Australian bush; — so called from his coming to sheep stations at sunset of ask for supper and a bed, when it is too late to work; — called also traveler and swagman (but not all swagmen are sundowners).
Sundowners, — men who loaf about till sunset, and then come in with the demand for unrefusable rations. Francis Adams.
SUN-DRIED
Sun"-dried`, a.