Editing Dice (section)

==Etymology and terms==
The word die comes from [[Old French]] ''[[wikt:dé#Old French|dé]]''; from [[Latin]] ''[[wikt:datum#Latin|datum]]'' "something which is given or played".<ref>{{Cite web |title=die |url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/die?searchDictCode=all#die-2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214101611/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/die?searchDictCode=all#die-2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 February 2015 |access-date=14 February 2015 |publisher=Oxford Dictionaries}}</ref>

While the terms ''[[ace]]'', ''deuce'', ''trey'', ''cater'', ''cinque'' and ''sice'' are generally obsolete, with the names of the numbers preferred, they are still used by some professional gamblers to designate different sides of the dice. ''Ace'' is from the Latin ''as'', meaning "a unit";<ref>{{Cite web |title=ace |url=http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/ace |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095518/http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/ace |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 September 2007 |access-date=18 June 2012 |publisher=AskOxford}}</ref> the others are 2 to 6 in [[Old French]].<ref name="Conant">{{Cite book |last=Conant |first=Levi Leonard |url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16449/16449-h/16449-h.htm |title=The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development |publisher=Macmillan |year=1896 |page=124}}</ref>

When rolling two dice, certain combinations have slang names. The term ''snake eyes'' is a roll of one [[pip (counting)|pip]] on each die. The ''[[Online Etymology Dictionary]]'' traces use of the term as far back as 1919.<ref name="ref1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=s&page=28|title=s &#124; Search Online Etymology Dictionary|website=www.etymonline.com}}</ref>

The US term ''boxcars'', also known as ''midnight'', is a roll of six pips on each die. The pair of six pips resembles a pair of [[boxcar]]s on a freight train. Many rolls have [[Craps#Names of rolls|names in the game of craps]].