BISTRE

bister, bistre

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

bistre (countable and uncountable, plural bistres)

A brown pigment made from soot, especially from beech wood.

A mid-to-dark brown color resembling the pigment.

• Bertis, Breits, Sibert, bestir, bister, 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.

Bis"tre, n.

Definition: See Bister.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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