A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1513
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Byce, Bice, n. [e.m.E. byce, bice, ME. bis, F. bis.] A blue colour. —1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 58.
The burges … Byand bessely … buge, bevir, and byce [Sm. bice]
