Definitions for "Bice"
Keywords:  catholique, enfance, doj, dhs, catholic
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (DHS), formerly INS (DOJ)
Bureau International Catholique de l’Enfance (International Catholic Child’s Bureau)
Keywords:  ultramarine, smalt, azur, vert, copper
A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice.
Bice (from Fr. bis, a word of doubtful origin, meaning dark-coloured), a term erroneously applied in English to particular shades of green or blue pigments from the French terms vert bis and azur bis, dark green or blue. These colours are generally prepared from basic copper carbonates, but sometimes from ultramarine and other pigments.