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English Dictionary: Bice by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bice \Bice\, Bise \Bise\, n. [F. bis, akin to It. bigio light
      gray, tawny.] (Paint.)
      A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate
      of copper, or from smalt; -- called also {blue bice}.
  
      {Green bice} is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow
            orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate of
            copper. --Cooley. --Brande & C.
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