(a) A small cube of ivory, bone, or other material, having its faces marked with spots numbering from one to six, used in games of chance by being…

opprobriously applied to dice.

colloquial. In plural. Dice; esp. a pair of dice used in gambling. Cf. devil's bones at devil, n. compounds 3a(c) to roll the bones at roll, v.2…

A die, or a knuckle-bone used as a die; also a cubical piece of anything, a cube.

The astragalus or small bone which joints with the tibia, in the hock joint of a quadruped; the knuckle-bone.

slang (frequently depreciative). In terms (chiefly with the) denoting objects used in gambling. devil's bones: dice. devil's books (also devil's pi…

plural tats: Dice; esp. false or loaded dice.

slang. Dice, esp. as used in gambling. Cf. bone, n.1 16. Now historical and rare.

slang (usually plural) (a) Dice; to touch ivory, to play at dice. (b) Billiard balls.

Physiology. The ball of the ankle-joint; the huckle-bone; = astragalus, n. 1. Hence in plural (as in Greek): Dice, which were originally huckle-bones.