Bise

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·see Bice.

II. Bise ·noun A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt;

— called also blue bice.

III. Bise ·noun A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean and in Switzerland, ·etc.;

— nearly the ·same·as the Mistral.