Oxford English Dictionary (online edition using the San Francisco Public Library subscription):
"dialist [f. DIAL n.1 + -IST.] A maker of dials; one skilled in dialling. 1652 T. STIRRUP (title), Horometria; or the Complete Diallist. 1703 MOXON Mech. Exerc. 346 Helps to a young Dyalist for his more orderly and quick making of Dyals. 1776 G. CAMPBELL Philos. Rhet. (1801) I. Introd., The architect, the navigator, the dialist." The word "diallist" returns no hits. -- Jan --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
