Scottish and English: from Old French dez ‘dice’, hence a
metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of dice, or a
nickname for an habitual player at dice. Compare Dice.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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