bistre
or bis·ter
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
a yellowish to dark-brown color.
Origin of bistre
1Other words from bistre
- bistred, adjective
Words Nearby bistre
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How to use bistre in a sentence
Land was left on the starboard at a distance of about fifteen miles; the mountains seemed tinged with a red-coloured bistre.
The English at the North Pole | Jules VerneA plate painted in bistre camaïeu with the Discovery of Calisto by Diana.
The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods | William ChaffersHis eldest son was named after me, "Robert bistre," for such is my name, which I have often thought of changing.
George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris | R. D. BlackmoreOne hundred copies printed upon Japan paper, with illustrations in two states, blue and bistre.
No. 76 of eighty copies printed on Japanese vellum, with frontispiece in two colours, black and bistre.
British Dictionary definitions for bistre
US bister
/ (ˈbɪstə) /
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
Origin of bistre
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