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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for dice:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
dice
    n 1: a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in
         gambling to generate random numbers [syn: die, dice]
    v 1: cut into cubes; "cube the cheese" [syn: cube, dice]
    2: play dice

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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

3. 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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4. 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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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [PJC]

   2. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
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6. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)
DICE
       Delivering Information in a Cellular Environment (SNI, Internet)
       

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