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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: {To turn one's coat}, to change one's uniform or colors; to go over to the opposite party. {To turn one's goods} or {money}, and the like to exchange in the course of trade to keep in lively exchange or circulation; to gain or increase in trade {To turn one's hand to}, to adapt or apply one's self to to engage in {To turn out}. a To drive out to expel; as to turn a family out of doors; to turn a man out of office. I'll turn you out of my kingdom. -- Shak. b to put to pasture, as cattle or horses. c To produce, as the result of labor, or any process of manufacture; to furnish in a completed state. d To reverse, as a pocket, bag, etc., so as to bring the inside to the outside; hence to produce. e To cause to cease, or to put out by turning a stopcock, valve, or the like as to turn out the lights. {To turn over}. a To change or reverse the position of to overset; to overturn; to cause to roll over b To transfer; as to turn over business to another hand. c To read or examine, as a book, while turning the leaves. ``We turned o'er many books together.'' --Shak. d To handle in business; to do business to the amount of as he turns over millions a year. [Colloq.] {To turn over a new leaf}. See under {Leaf}. {To turn tail}, to run away to retreat ignominiously. {To turn the back}, to flee; to retreat. {To turn the back on} or {upon}, to treat with contempt; to reject or refuse unceremoniously. {To turn the corner}, to pass the critical stage; to get by the worst point; hence to begin to improve, or to succeed. {To turn the die} or {dice}, to change fortune. {To turn the edge} or {point of}, to bend over the edge or point of so as to make dull; to blunt. {To turn the head} or {brain of}, to make giddy, wild, insane, or the like to infatuate; to overthrow the reason or judgment of as a little success turned his head. {To turn the scale} or {balance}, to change the preponderance; to decide or determine something doubtful. {To turn the stomach of}, to nauseate; to sicken. {To turn the tables}, to reverse the chances or conditions of success or superiority; to give the advantage to the person or side previously at a disadvantage. {To turn tippet}, to make a change. [Obs.] --B. Jonson {To turn to} {profit, advantage}, etc., to make profitable or advantageous. {To turn up}. a To turn so as to bring the bottom side on top as to turn up the trump. b To bring from beneath to the surface, as in plowing, digging, etc c To give an upward curve to to tilt; as to turn up the nose. {To turn upon}, to retort; to throw back as to turn the arguments of an opponent upon himself. {To turn upside down}, to confuse by putting things awry; to throw into disorder. This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler died. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dice \Dice\, n.; pl of {Die}. Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also the game played with dice. See {Die}, n. {Dice coal}, a kind of coal easily splitting into cubical fragments. --Brande & C. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dice \Dice\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Diced}; p. pr & vb n. {Dicing}.] 1. To play games with dice. I . . . diced not above seven times a week. --Shak. 2. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes. 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dice n : small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers [syn: {die}] v 1: cut into cubes; "cube the cheese" [syn: {cube}] 2: play dice From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Dice, KY Zip code(s): 41736 From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: DICE Delivering Information in a Cellular Environment (SNI, Internet)
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