||Bise (?), n. [F.] A cold north wind
which prevails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean and in
Switzerland, etc.; -- nearly the same as the mistral.
Bise (?), n. (Paint.) See
Bice.
{ Bice, 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.