noun
face, front, disk with figures, circle, numbers, control, knob, indicator, gauge, device for showing time, meter, register, measuring device, horologe, compass; see also control 3.
verb
To turn
rotate, twist, wheel; see turn 1.
To telephone
ring (up), call (up), phone; see telephone.
See dial in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
The marked outer surface of an instrument:
To communicate with (someone) by telephone:
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