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dice

(dīs)

1. Plural of die².

2. pl. dice also dices (used with a pl. verb) Small cubes of food.

v. diced, dic·ing, dic·es

v.intr.

To play or gamble with dice.

v.tr.

1. To win or lose (money) by gambling with dice.

2. To cut (food) into small cubes.

3. To decorate with dicelike figures.

[Middle English, alternative spelling of dys, plural of de, dys, a die; see die².]

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"I mean that my friends, officers in the guards and mousquetaires, came to keep me company and we passed the night in feasting, drinking, dicing."

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Hysol QMI5100 and Hysol QMI5200 are designed to streamline die attach for stacked die applications; combine properties and functions of die attach film and dicing tape into one.