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
13 June 2025
(noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; “the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
