bice

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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

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

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

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 Nesbit, E. (Edith)

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