dice

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   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.
   • On the other hand, evolution is not a matter of chance, even in the sense in which a game of dice is a game of chance.
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   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
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   That which has been diced.uncountable

   • Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice.

syn. astragals

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   plural of dieform-ofplural

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   To play dice.intransitive

   • Virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times — a week
   • For Corinius, who gave not a fig for music or dirges, but liked well of carding and dicing, had brought forth his dice box to play with the son of Corund.
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   To cut into small cubes.transitive

   • And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan....
   • Dice the vegetables and heat in the double boiler with butter, pepper and salt.
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   To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.transitive