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bistre
or bis·ter
[ bis-ter ]
noun
- a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- a yellowish to dark-brown color.
bistre
/ ˈbɪstə /
noun
- a transparent water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling the soot of wood, used for pen and wash drawings
- a yellowish-brown to dark brown colour
- ( as modifier )
bistre paint
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Other Words From
- bistred adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bistre1
1720–30; < French, Middle French, of obscure origin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bistre1
C18: from French, of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
Land was left on the starboard at a distance of about fifteen miles; the mountains seemed tinged with a red-coloured bistre.
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A plate painted in bistre camaïeu with the Discovery of Calisto by Diana.
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His eldest son was named after me, "Robert Bistre," for such is my name, which I have often thought of changing.
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One hundred copies printed upon Japan paper, with illustrations in two states, blue and bistre.
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No. 76 of eighty copies printed on Japanese vellum, with frontispiece in two colours, black and bistre.
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