dial plate
/ˈdʌɪəl pleɪt/noun
1The faceplate of a dial, especially that of a clock, watch, or sundial, on which the hours are marked.
2 Engineering. A graduated plate constituting a dial.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Samuel Foster (?1600–1652), mathematician. From dial + plate.
- spirometer
- spirometry
- spironolactone
- spirt
- spirulina
- spiry
- spit
- spit and polish
- spit-and-sawdust
- spitball
- spitballer
- spit blood
- spitchcock
- spit chips
- spit curl
- spit dog
- spite
- spiteful
- spitefully
- spitefulness
- spit feathers (or tacks)
- spitfire
- Spithead
- spit in (or into) the wind
- spit in the eye (or face) of