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A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is erected; being the common section of the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style.

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  1. n. A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is erected; being the common section of the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style.
  2. A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is erected; being the common section of the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style. [Written also substile.] Hutton.
  3. A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial iserected; being the common section of the face of the dial and a planeperpendicular to it passing through the style. [Written alsosubstile.] Hutton.