BISTER

bister, bistre

(noun) a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

bister (countable and uncountable, plural bisters)

Alternative spelling of bistre

Anagrams

• Bertis, Breits, Sibert, bestir, bistre, biters, bitser, rebits, tribes

Source: Wiktionary


Bis"ter, Bis"tre, n. Etym: [F. bistre a color made of soot; of unknown origin. Cf., however, LG. biester frowning, dark, ugly.] (Paint.)

Definition: A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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