Associations to the word «Sundial»

Wiktionary

SUNDIAL, noun. A simple timekeeping device in which the shadow cast by a vertical pole or plate (the gnomon) is used to indicate the time of day.

Dictionary definition

SUNDIAL, noun. Timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca