Dice-box

[…] in the very hall through which a coffin had late passed, were heard the jingling of glasses and the rattle of the dice-box.

For there is a sort of chivalry among the knights of the dice-box: the fame of great players is known all over Europe.

I was greatly elated by these orders; but my heart smote me for my selfishness, when I witnessed their effect on Mr. Dick, who was so low-spirited at the prospect of our separation, and played so ill in consequence, that my aunt, after giving him several admonitory raps on the knuckles with her dice-box, shut up the board, and declined to play with him any more.

The dice are thrown on a table or other smooth surface, either from the hand or from a dice-box depending on what game you are playing.