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† ˈdiacle Sc. Obs.
[? related to dial; the -cle appears to be as in receptacle, spiracle, and other reprs. of L. instrumental -culum, as in gubernāculum rudder.]
A small portable dial or compass; a pocket-dial.
1488Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. I. 83 A fare diacle. 1612Rates & Customs Scot. in Halyburton's Ledger (Scot. Rec. Ser. 1867) 297 Diacles of wode, the dozen, xijs; of bone, the dozen, xlviijs. 1794Scot. Agric. Surv., Shetland 87 (Jam.), Every boat carries one compass at least, provincially a diacle. |