Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A dial for showing the hours by the moon.

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Examples

  • But she could not help adding, as she looked around appreciatively at the silver bushes and the blue plush grass and the alabaster moon-dial by the fountain, "But this isn't The House, is it?"

    The Garden of the Plynck Karle Wilson Baker 1919

  • "And it's time for the Snimmy to be back," interrupted the Teacup, who had fluttered down and perched on the edge of the moon-dial to see what time it was.

    The Garden of the Plynck Karle Wilson Baker 1919

  • To be sure, it had the pool, and the fountain in the middle, and the moon-dial, like most gardens, and the

    The Garden of the Plynck Karle Wilson Baker 1919

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