dice-boxn.

Forms: see die n.¹ and box n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English dice , die n.¹, box n.²

Etymology: < dice, plural of die n.¹ + box n.²

a. The box from which dice are thrown in gaming, usually of the form of a double truncated cone.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > dice-box

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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dice boxe, fimum, fritillum.

1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas A Dice box..a saucer, porringer, or some other such like dish, out of which they cast the dice.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 29 July 1/1 Thumping the Table with a Dice-Box.

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 221 What was an hourglass once, Becomes a dicebox.

1833 H. Martineau Three Ages ii. 47 Charles and the Duke of Ormond were rattling the dice~box.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 50 Welcome at the palace when the bottle or the dicebox was going round.

b. Used typically for dice-play, dicing, gaming.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > dicing

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1857 F. D. Maurice Epist. St. John xi. 179 The only resources left for either are the dice-box and the bottle.

1859 T. B. Macaulay Life Pitt Fox, a man of pleasure, ruined by the dice-box and the turf.

c. attributive. Of the form of a dice-box. dice-box insulator, a hollow porcelain insulator of this shape for supporting a telegraph wire, which passes through the axis.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > two cones base-to-base

dice-box1841

biconical1870

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 296 A smaller lake..backed by a range of rocks and a rude dice-box tower.

1895 W. Preece (in letter) The ‘dice-box’ insulator was invented by the late Mr. C. P. Walker; it was used on the South-Eastern Railway.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	dice-box
释义	dice-boxn. Forms: see die n.¹ and box n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English dice , die n.¹, box n.² Etymology: < dice, plural of die n.¹ + box n.² a. The box from which dice are thrown in gaming, usually of the form of a double truncated cone. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > dice-box dice-box1552 dicing-box1571 box1592 casting-box1616 rattlea1732 tat-box1819 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dice boxe, fimum, fritillum. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas A Dice box..a saucer, porringer, or some other such like dish, out of which they cast the dice. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 29 July 1/1 Thumping the Table with a Dice-Box. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 221 What was an hourglass once, Becomes a dicebox. 1833 H. Martineau Three Ages ii. 47 Charles and the Duke of Ormond were rattling the dice~box. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 50 Welcome at the palace when the bottle or the dicebox was going round. b. Used typically for dice-play, dicing, gaming. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > dicing dice-playc1440 dicing1456 dice-playingc1490 elbow-shaking1850 dice-box1857 jeffing1875 1857 F. D. Maurice Epist. St. John xi. 179 The only resources left for either are the dice-box and the bottle. 1859 T. B. Macaulay Life Pitt Fox, a man of pleasure, ruined by the dice-box and the turf. c. attributive. Of the form of a dice-box. dice-box insulator, a hollow porcelain insulator of this shape for supporting a telegraph wire, which passes through the axis. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > two cones base-to-base dice-box1841 biconical1870 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 296 A smaller lake..backed by a range of rocks and a rude dice-box tower. 1895 W. Preece (in letter) The ‘dice-box’ insulator was invented by the late Mr. C. P. Walker; it was used on the South-Eastern Railway. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1552
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