† dicing-house Obs.
[f. dicing vbl. n.]
A house for dice-play; a gambling-house.
| 1549 Latimer 6th Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 161 Dysynge howses also..where yong Gentlemenne dyse away their thrifte. 1555 Act 2–3 Phil. & M. c. 9 Every Licence..for the having..of any Bowling-Allies, Dicing-houses, or other unlawful Games. 1649 Milton Eikon. iii. (1851) 357 The spawn and shiprack of Taverns and Dicing Houses. 1660 Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. 470 (L.) The public peace cannot be kept where public dicing-houses are permitted. |