Толковый словарь английского языка - dice

I. noun (plural ~) see: die Date: 14th century 1. die 1, a gambling game played with ~, a small cubical piece (as of food), a close contest between two racing-car drivers for position during a race, II. verb (~d; dicing) Etymology: Middle English dycen, from dyce Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to cut into small cubes , to ornament with square markings , 2. to bring by playing ~ , to lose by dicing , intransitive verb to play games with ~ , to take a chance , ~r noun