dicedadj.
/dʌɪst/ 1. Formed or cut into dice or cubes; see dice v. 2.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > spotted
spotteda1325
spotty1340
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engoutedc1450
dropped1611
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fly-bitten1639
maculated1646
bedrop1658
polluted1667
diced1671
puncticular1671
pantherine1753
parded1806
guttular1811
naevose1847
pellucido-punctate1847
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notate1857
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > cube > cuboid
squarea1475
rectangular?a1560
diced1671
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cuboidal1803
cuboid1829
1671 J. Webster Metallographia xvii. 246 I have by me very many sorts of these squared or diced golden Marchasites.
1737 Compl. Family-piece (ed. 2) i. ii. 147 Make Sauce with some of the Liquor, Mushrooms, diced Lemon, etc.
2. Marked or ornamented with figures of cubes or squares; chequered; see dice v. 3.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > chequered pattern > [adjective]
checkeryc1440
checkeda1475
chequered1486
counterchanged1648
tessellated1723
diced1725
dam-brod1779
blue-checked1790
quadrilled1835
quadrille1856
chessboard1889
windowpane-checked1917
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii He kaims his hair..And spreads his garters diced beneath his knee.
1880 W. Smith Catal. No. 6 4 vols, royal 8vo, diced calf.
1893 W. F. Clay Catal. 16 4to, diced russia, neatly rebacked.
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