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
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
