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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Die \Die\, n.; pl in 1 and (usually) in 2, {Dice} (d[=i]s); in
4 & 5, {Dies} (d[=i]z). [OE. dee, die, F. d['e], fr L. datus
given thrown, p. p. of dare to give throw. See {Date} a
point of time.]
1. 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 {Dice}.
2. Any small cubical or square body.
Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies.
--Watts.
3. That which is or might be determined, by a throw of the
die; hazard; chance.
Such is the die of war. --Spenser.
4. (Arch.) That part of a pedestal included between base and
cornice; the dado.
5. (Mach.)
a 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
b 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.
c 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.
{Cutting die} (Mech.), a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to
a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather,
cloth, paper, etc
{The die is cast}, the hazard must be run; the step is taken
and it is too late to draw back the last chance is taken
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