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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Green bice is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate of copper. Cooley. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paint.) See Bice. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bisected; p. pr. & vb. n. Bisecting. ] [ L. bis twice + secare, sectum, to cut. ] 1. To cut or divide into two parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geom.) To divide into two equal parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. bissection. ] Division into two parts, esp. two equal parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, bisects; esp. (Geom.) a straight line which bisects an angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + segment. ] One of tow equal parts of a line, or other magnitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + septate. ] With two partitions or septa. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]