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1 dialis [CL] 1 (w. flamen) priest of Jupiter at Rome. GlC F 242; Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 240 (v. flamen a). 2 heavenly. Cf. dealis. c750 ut armata angelicis / vallata legionibus / dextro ac levo latere / dialique majestate (Berthgyth) Ep. Bonif. 148.
2 dialis , revolving daily, (as sb. n.) dial. 1325 expense orologii: ‥ in pictura ~is interioris et tabule sub ~i exteriori, ix d.; ‥ item in magno lamine ad ~e, iiij li. vij s. (Comp. Norw.) Arch. J. XII 176; dividatur rota pro ponderibus ~is in 72 dentes Wallingf. (Hor.) I 472; Ib. 474 (v. caliga 2); hujus abbatis [T., ob. 1396] sumptibus ‥ artificio magistri L. de S. horologiarii precipui ‥, superius ~e et rota †fortuna [l. fortune] ‥ nobiliter sunt perfecta G. S. Alb. III 385.

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