Die \Die\, n.; pl. in 1 and (usually) in 2, Dice (d[imac]s);
in 4 & 5, Dies (d[imac]z). [OE. dee, die, F. d['e], fr. L.
datus given, thrown, p. p. of dare to give, throw. See Date
a point of time.]
1. A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to
six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box
and thrown from it. See Dice.
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2. Any small cubical or square body.
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Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies.
--Watts.
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3. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the
die; hazard; chance.
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Such is the die of war. --Spenser.
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4. (Arch.) That part of a pedestal included between base and
cornice; the dado.
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5. (Mach.)
(a) A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or
shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or
impress any desired device on, an object or surface,
by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals,
coining, striking up sheet metal, etc.
(b) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in
connection with a punch, for punching holes, as
through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming
cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing.
(c) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made
in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming
screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate
parts which make up such a tool.
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Cutting die (Mech.), a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to
a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather,
cloth, paper, etc.
The die is cast, the hazard must be run; the step is taken,
and it is too late to draw back; the last chance is taken.
Diecian
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dice \dice\ (d[imac]s), n.; pl. of Die.
Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also,
the game played with dice. See Die, n.
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dice coal, a kind of coal easily splitting into cubical
fragments. --Brande & C.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dice \dice\ (d[imac]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. diced (d[imac]st);
p. pr. & vb. n. dicing.]
To play games with dice.
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I . . . diced not above seven times a week. --Shak.
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dice \dice\ (d[imac]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diced (d[imac]st);
p. pr. & vb. n. Dicing.]
1. (Cooking) To cut into small cubes; as, to slice and dice
carrots.
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2. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dice
n : small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate
random numbers [syn: die]
v 1: cut into cubes; "cube the cheese" [syn: cube]
2: play dice
WordNet (r) 2.0
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "dice":
bird cage, bones, cashier, cast, crap game, crap shooting, craps,
crooked dice, cube, cubes, die, form fours, ivories, ivory,
jettison, loaded dice, make four, poker dice, quadrate, reject,
scrap, shed, slough, square, teeth, throw away, throw out
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
DICE
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Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
Dice, KY
Zip code(s): 41736
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
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