The Collaborative International Dictionary
blue bice
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.