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-- <col>To die out</col>, <cd>to cease gradually; as, the prejudice has <i>died out</i>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To expire; decease; perish; depart; vanish.</syn>

<h1>Die</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Die</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. in 1 and (usually) in 2, <plw>Dice</plw> <tt>(d\'c6s)</tt>; in 4 & 5, <plw>Dies</plw> <tt>(d\'c6z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>dee</ets>, <ets>die</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82</ets>, fr. L. <ets>datus</ets> given, thrown, p. p. of <ets>dare</ets> to give, throw. See <er>Date</er> a point of time.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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 <er>Dice</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any small cubical or square body.</def>

<blockquote>Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or <b>dies</b>. <i>Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.</def>

<blockquote>Such is the <b>die</b> of war. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Cutting die</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather, cloth, paper, etc.</cd> -- <col>The die is cast</col>, <cd>the hazard must be run; the step is taken, and it is too late to draw back; the last chance is taken.</cd></cs>

<mhw><h1>Diecian</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*e"cian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>, <hw>Di*e"cious,/hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Di\'d2cian</er>, and <er>Di\'d2cious</er>.</def>

<h1>Diedral</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*e"dral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>The same as <er>Dihedral</er>.</def>

<h1>Diegesis</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di`e*ge"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to narrate; <?/ through + <?/ to lead.]</ety> <def>A narrative or history; a recital or relation.</def>

<h1>Dielectric</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di`e*lec"tric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dia-</ets> + <ets>electric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction; a nonconductor. separating a body electrified by induction, from the electrifying body.</def>

<h1>Dielytra</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*el"y*tra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dicentra</er>.</def>

<h1>Diencephalon</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di`en*ceph"a*lon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Dia-</er>, and <er>Encephalon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to <i>dien</i>. See <er>Thalamencephalon</er>.</def>

<h1>Dieresis</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*er"e*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Di\'91resis</er>.</def>

<h1>Diesinker</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Die"sink`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc.</def>