bale of dice en · NOUN
Meanings
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(obsolete) A pair of dice.
I will allow you to sweat privately, and tear six or seven score pair of cards, be the damnation of some dozen or twenty bale of dice, and forswear play a thousand times in an hour; but not swear.
1609, Thomas Dekker, the Gull's Hornbook:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bales of dice | Number=Plur | lexicographic |