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scratch dial
scratch dial n. a set of marks found on the walls of old churches, usually considered to be an ancient form of sundial.
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1914 Proc. Somerset Archæol. Soc. 59 ii. 26 The name Scratch Dial has been given to this ancient form of sundial.
1927 Notes & Queries 26 Nov. 393/2 Scratch dials.—Examples will be found outside the tower of either Redbourn or Flamstead Church, and East Shefford. It has been suggested that they are masons' setting-out marks, as they are not in suitable positions for sundials.
1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Jan. 39/1 The woodwork follows—roofs, benches, pulpits; and then scratch-dials and aumbries, mural paintings and windows bring up the rear.
1960 J. Betjeman Summoned by Bells v. 49 Was that the reason why the pale grey slides Of tympana, scratch dials and Norfolk screens So pleased me at his lectures?
1967 C. A. Vearncombe Hist. of Church of St. Lawrence the Martyr (Lydeard St. Lawrence, Somerset) 19 This doorway has a scratch dial on the east, 3 ft. 9 in. above the plinth.
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