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decius

1 decius [cf. OF de, des < datum] , dice, die. a1183 dabit pro eis [terris] R. filio meo singulis annis iij ~ios eburneos Cart. Glam. 114; 1188 quod nullus ludat ad aleas vel ad ~ios (Ord. Regis) G. Hen. II II 32; plumbum ‥ per porum subtilem ~ii infundit, ut beneficio ponderositatis vergat tessera ad nutum suum Neckam NR II 183; 1270 solebat ludere ad ~ios pluries cum ‥ Willelmo ICrim 2/17; 1277 de Abr’ de Dorking’ pro ludo ~ium [sic], iij s. KR Ac 249/22; quibus ‥ concordat ‥ Ovidius [Tristia II 471–4] ‥, ubi agit de ludo ~iorum et illum damnat, eo quod non innititur racione sed casu fortuito ~iorum hominumque fortuna Bradw. CD 265B; omnes sedent et dicat primus Judeus jactans ~ios Chester Plays XVIA 120.
2 decius , tenth. tene, decem ‥; decimus, ~ius, decies CathA.

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