DIALECTOLOGY
Di`a*lec*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Dialect + -logy.]
Defn: That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects. Beck.
DIALECTOR
Di`a*lec"tor, n.
Defn: One skilled in dialectics.
DIALING
Di"al*ing, n.
1. The art of constructing dials; the science which treats of measuring time by dials. [Written also dialling.]
2. A method of surveying, especially in mines, in which the bearings of the courses, or the angles which they make with each other, are determined by means of the circumferentor.
DIALIST
Di"al*ist, n.
Defn: A maker of dials; one skilled in dialing.
DIALLAGE
Di*al"la*ge, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)