Part 3079

<h1>Dice</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Dice</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Diced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dicing</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To play games with dice.</def>

<blockquote>I . . . <b>diced</b> not above seven times a week. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.</def>

<h1>Dicebox</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Dice"box`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A box from which dice are thrown in gaming.</def>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Dicentra</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di*cen"tra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ spur.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (<spn>D. spectabilis</spn>).</def> <altsp>[Corruptly written <asp>dielytra</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Dicephalous</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di*ceph"a*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ head.]</ety> <def>Having two heads on one body; double-headed.</def>

<h1>Dicer</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di"cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A player at dice; a dice player; a gamester.</def>

<blockquote>As false as <b>dicers'</b> oaths. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dich</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Dich</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To ditch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dichastic</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di*chas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to part asunder, fr. <?/ in two, asunder, fr. <?/ twice.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Capable of subdividing spontaneously.</def>

<h1>Dichlamydeous</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di`chla*myd"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/, <?/, a cloak.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having two coverings, a calyx and in corolla.</def>

<h1>Dichloride</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di*chlo"ride</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>chloride</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Bichloride</er>.</def>

<h1>Dichogamous</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di*chog"a*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Manifesting dichogamy.</def>

<h1>Dichogamy</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di*chog"a*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ in two, asunder + <?/ marriage.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves.</def>

<h1>Dichotomist</h1> <Xpage=408>