Small cubical pieces of bone or ivory, marked with dots on each face, from one to six. To give uniformity to their figure, or to make true dice, is of course a very simple art; but the ingenuity of the dice-maker is called into action to construct false or untrue dice for the sharping gamester; for him they are so skilfully constructed or loaded, as to ensure a preponderance of favourable chances, without incurring the probability of the cause being discovered. Some of their nefarious processes are known to us, but it is not our province to extend the knowledge of so vile an art.