bice

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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

Spanish brown, and white; or blue bice, red and white lead; or blue bice and lake.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel

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

Sky Colour for Drapery.—Blue bice and ceruse, or ultramarine and white, shaded with indigo.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel