| Die (die) |
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| Die |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Died (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Dying.] [OE. deyen, dien, of Scand. origin] cf.
Icel. deyja; akin to Dan. döe, Sw. dö,
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To pass from an
animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and
irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to
expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with
of, by, with, from, and rarely
for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die
of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to
die with horror at the thought.
To suffer death; to lose life.
To perish in any manner; to cease; to
become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.
To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish,
with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
To become indifferent; to cease to be
subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin.
To recede and grow fainter; to become
imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or
away.
To disappear gradually in
another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved
face.
To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as
liquor.
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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.
Any small cubical or square
body.
That which is, or might be, determined, by
a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
That part of a pedestal
included between base and cornice; the dado.
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.
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