subs. (old).—Dice; also DEVIL’S TEETH. Cf. DEVIL’S BOOKS.
1664. ETHEREGE, The Comical Revenge, II., iii., in wks. (1704), 27. I do not understand dice: I understand good pasture and drink—hang the DEVIL’S BONES.
1822. SCOTT, The Fortunes of Nigel, ch. xxiii. A gamester, one who deals with the DEVIL’S BONES and the doctors.
