bice
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 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
Grapes, blue.—Dark purple shaded with blue; the bloom, bice.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Daniel Young
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 Noah Webster
She was trying to paint a fairy queen's frock with green bice, and it wouldn't rub.
From The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. (Edith) Nesbit
