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Dice
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 Gaming with one or more dice. uncountable
"Or think of a decent young citizen in a toga—perhaps too much dice, you know—coming out here in the train of some prefect, or tax-gatherer, or trader even, to mend his fortunes."
- 2 plural of die form-of, plural
- 3 a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers wordnet
- 4 A die. countable
"1980, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, “The Winner Takes It All”, Super Trouper, Polar Music The gods may throw a dice / Their minds as cold as ice"
- 5 That which has been diced. uncountable
"Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice."
- 1 To play dice. intransitive
"Virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times — a week"
- 2 play dice wordnet
- 3 To cut into small cubes. transitive
"And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan...."
- 4 cut into cubes wordnet
- 5 To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes. transitive
Etymology
From Middle English dys, plural of dy. See the etymology of die (etymology 2) for further information. The voiceless /s/ was most likely retained because the word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare pence), and the spelling dice is a result of the pronunciation.
From Middle English dys, plural of dy. See the etymology of die (etymology 2) for further information. The voiceless /s/ was most likely retained because the word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare pence), and the spelling dice is a result of the pronunciation.
From Middle English dys, plural of dy. See the etymology of die (etymology 2) for further information. The voiceless /s/ was most likely retained because the word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare pence), and the spelling dice is a result of the pronunciation.
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