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Webster 1913 Edition


Substyle

Sub′styleˊ

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Noun.
(Dialing)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Substyle

SUB'STYLE

,
Noun.
[sub and style.] In dialing, the line on which the gnomon stands.