enotes a stamp used in coining, in foundries, &c. Its plural form is dies. See Coinage.

Die (Dea Vocontiorum), a town of France, capital of an arrondissement of the same name, in the department of Drôme, and situated in a fertile valley on the right bank of the Drôme, 36 miles E.S.E. of Valence. It is surrounded by old walls flanked by towers, and was formerly the seat of a bishop and of a Calvinistic university. Manufactures—silks, paper, and leather. Pop. (1851) 3858.

Die, St., a town of France, department of Vosges, and capital of a cognominal arrondissement. It is situated on the Meurthe, 24 miles E.N.E. of Épinal, and is surrounded by an old wall. It is the seat of a bishop, and has a communal college and public library. Manufactures—cottons, hosiery, and ironware. Pop. (1851) 8692.

There is also a small town of this name in the department of Loire-et-Cher on the left bank of the Loire, arrondissement, and eight miles N.E. of the town of Blois. Pop. about 1300.