Dice
A die (plural dice, from French dé, from Latin datum "something which is given or played") is a small throwable object with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers. This makes dice suitable as gambling devices for games like craps, or for use in non-gambling tabletop games.
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Famous quotes containing the word dice:
“When God throws the dice are loaded.”
—Greek proverb.
“The dice of God are always loaded.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“Thence, flow! conceit and motion to rehearse
Pastoral terrors of youth still in the man,
Torsions of sleep, in emblematic verse
Rattling like dice unless the verse shall scan
All chance away....”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
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