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BISTRE
bister, bistre
(noun) a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
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.
Anagrams
• 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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