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dice

[dahys]

plural noun, singular die, verb, diced, dic⋅ing.

–noun

1.	small cubes of plastic, ivory, bone, or wood, marked on each side with one to six spots, usually used in pairs in games of chance or in gambling.

2.	poker dice.

3.	any of various games, esp. gambling games, played by shaking and throwing from two to six dice or poker dice onto a flat surface. Compare craps.

4.	any small cubes.

5.	Auto Racing. a jockeying for lead position between two or more drivers in which tactics are used to pass or keep from being passed.

–verb (used with object)

6.	to cut into small cubes.

7.	to decorate with cubelike figures.

8.	to lose by gambling with dice (often fol. by away).

–verb (used without object)

9.	to play at dice.

10.	to cause or bring about by gambling with dice.

11.	Auto Racing. to duel with another car or cars in a dice.

—Idiom

12.	no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.

Origin:
1300–50; ME dees, dis, dyce (sing. and pl.), dyces (pl.) < OF de(i)z, dés (pl.); see die ²

Related forms:

dicer, noun

die

2 [dahy]

noun, plural dies for 1, 2, 4, dice for 3; verb, died, die⋅ing.

–noun

Machinery.

a.	any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.

b.	a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.

c.	one of the separate pieces of such a device.

d.	a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.

2.	an engraved stamp for impressing a design upon some softer material, as in coining money.

3.	sing. of dice.

4.	Architecture. dado (def. 1).

–verb (used with object)

5.	to impress, shape, or cut with a die.

—Idiom

6.	the die is cast, the irrevocable decision has been made; fate has taken charge: The die is cast—I can't turn back.

Origin:
1300–50; ME de (in early modern E taking the vowel of the pl. form dice ) < OF de(i), presumbly < L datum given (neut. ptp. of dare to give), perh. in the deriv. sense “put, placed,” hence “played, cast”

da⋅do

[dey-doh]

noun, plural -does, -dos, verb

–noun

1.	Also called die. Architecture. the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice or cap.

2.	the lower broad part of an interior wall finished in wallpaper, a fabric, paint, etc.

3.	Carpentry. a groove or rectangular section for receiving the end of a board.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to provide with a dado.

—Verb phrase

5.	dado in, to insert (a board or the like) into a dado.

Origin:
1655–65; < It: die, cube, pedestal, perh. < Ar dad game

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dice (dīs)

Plural of die².
pl. dice also dices
1. A small cube, as of food.
2. A dish of diced food.

v.   diced, dic·ing, dic·es

v.   intr.
To play or gamble with dice.
v.   tr.

To win or lose (money) by gambling with dice.
To cut (food) into small cubes.
To decorate with dicelike figures.

[Pl. of die².]

die² (dī)

n. pl. dies or dice (dīs)

pl. dies A device used for cutting out, forming, or stamping material, especially:
1. An engraved metal piece used for impressing a design onto a softer metal, as in coining money.
2. One of several component pieces that are fitted into a diestock to cut threads on screws or bolts.
3. A part on a machine that punches shaped holes in, cuts, or forms sheet metal, cardboard, or other stock.
4. A metal block containing small conical holes through which plastic, metal, or other ductile material is extruded or drawn.
5. A small cube marked on each side with from one to six dots, usually used in pairs in gambling and in various other games.
6. dice (used with a sing. verb) A game of chance using dice.
pl. dies Architecture The dado of a pedestal, especially when cube-shaped.
pl. dice
1. A small cube marked on each side with from one to six dots, usually used in pairs in gambling and in various other games.
2. dice (used with a sing. verb) A game of chance using dice.

tr.v. died, die·ing, dies
To cut, form, or stamp with or as if with a die.

[Middle English de, gaming die, from Old French, from Latin datum, given, from neuter past participle of dare, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots.]

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Dice

Dice\, n.; pl. of Die. Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n.

Dice coal, a kind of coal easily splitting into cubical fragments. --Brande & C.

Dice

Dice\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Diced; p. pr. & vb. n. Dicing.]

1. To play games with dice.

I . . . diced not above seven times a week. --Shak.

2. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.

Language Translation for : dice

Spanish: dado,

German: der Würfel,

Japanese: さいころ

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dice

c.1330, des, dys, pl. of dy (see die (n.)), altered 14c. to dyse, dyce, and 15c. to dice. "As in pence, the plural s retains its original breath sound, probably because these words were not felt as ordinary plurals, but as collective words" [OED]. Sometimes used as sing. 1400-1700. The v. "to cut into cubes" is first recorded c.1390. Dicey "doubtful, difficult" is RAF slang from the 1940s.

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