A transparent wood stain or dye used to color wood without hiding its grain.
From German 'Beize', meaning a mordant or dye used in coloring. It entered English technical vocabulary through woodworking and furniture-making trades from German craftsmen.
Beice is still used by master woodworkers and luthiers (guitar makers) today—it's the secret to those rich, translucent colors you see in fine furniture that let the wood's natural beauty shine through.
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