The present invention is to provide a dicing method of cutting a workpiece
along the first streets and the second streets by using a cutting blade
having an annular cutting edge provided on the outer peripheral portion on
one side surface of a base plate, the workpiece having plural first
streets and second streets intersected each other at a predetermined
angle. When the second streets are to be cut after the first streets are
cut, the cutting blade is so positioned that the side of the base plate
faces the side of the unworked region of the workpiece.