bice
Americannoun
noun
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Also called: bice blue. a medium blue colour; azurite
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Also called: bice green. a yellowish-green colour; malachite
Etymology
Origin of bice
Middle English, from Middle French bis “dark,” of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Sky Colour for Drapery.—Blue bice and ceruse, or ultramarine and white, shaded with indigo.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Daniel Young
A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; Ð called also blue bice.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
French Green.—Light pink and Dutch bice, shaded with green pink.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Daniel Young
Ground smalts, blue verditer, and other pigments, have passed under the name of bice.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
Sky Colour.—Light masticot and white, for the lowest and lightest parts; second, red ink and white; third, blue bice and white; fourth, blue bice alone.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Daniel Young
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