bice

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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

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

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

Grapes, blue.—Dark purple shaded with blue; the bloom, bice.

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

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