Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bice"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bice \Bice\, Bise \Bise\, n. [F. bis, akin to It. bigio light
gray, tawny.] (Paint.)
A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate
of copper, or from smalt; -- called also {blue bice}.
{Green bice} is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow
orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate of
copper. --Cooley. --Brande & C.
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