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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Yellow Colour.—Indigo, white, and lake; or fine Dutch bice and lake, shaded with Indigo; or litmus smalt and bice, the latter predominant.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
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 Salter, Thomas
Green bice is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate of copper.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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 Webster, Noah
French Green.—Light pink and Dutch bice, shaded with green pink.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
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