dicæology (diseoloji)

[ Swallow Sun-bird ( Dicaum hirundi naceum). n. 1599 des, dees, pl. of dee, die: see die3.] 1. The plural of die3.-2. A game with dice. See die3. dice (dis), v.; pret. and pp. diced, ppr. dicing. [ Againe they dice as fast, the poorest rogues of all Will sit them downe in open field, and there to gaming fall. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 388. I... diced not above seven times a week. Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., iii. 3. II. trans. 1. To cut into cubes or squares.2. To sew a kind of waved pattern on (the border of a garment).-3. To decorate with a pattern (especially a woven one) resembling cubes seen diagonally-that is, with hexagons so shaded by the run of the thread as to resemble cubes so placed; le properly, to weave with a pattern of squares or lozenges touching one another. - To dice away, to lose at dice; gamble away. [Rare.] An unthrift, that will dice away his skin, Rather than want to stake at ordinaries.