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Webster 1913 Edition


dicast

di′cast

(dī′kȧst)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
δικαστής
, fr.
δικάζειν
to judge,
δίκη
right, judgment, justice.]
A functionary in ancient Athens resembling closely to the modern juryman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dicast

DICAST

,
Noun.
[Gr., to judge; justice.] In ancient Greece, an officer answering nearly to our juryman.