HOUR'PLATE, noun our'plate. The plate of a clock or other time-piece on which the hours are marked; the dial.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
HOUR'PLATE, noun our'plate. The plate of a clock or other time-piece on which the hours are marked; the dial.
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