Bistre

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bister \Bis"ter\, Bistre \Bis"tre\, n. [F. bistre a color made
     of soot; of unknown origin. Cf., however, LG. biester
     frowning, dark, ugly.] (Paint.)
     A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bistre \Bis"tre\, n.
     See {Bister}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bistre
       n : a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood
           soot [syn: {bister}]