資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dial \Di"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dialed}or {Dialled}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Dialing} or {Dialling}.]
   1. To measure with a dial.

            Hours of that true time which is dialed in heaven.
                                                  --Talfourd.

   2. (Mining) To survey with a dial. --Raymond.