bistre
Americannoun
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a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
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a yellowish to dark-brown color.
noun
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a transparent water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling the soot of wood, used for pen and wash drawings
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a yellowish-brown to dark brown colour
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( as modifier )
bistre paint
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Etymology
Origin of bistre
1720–30; < French, Middle French, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences
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No. 119 of one hundred and twenty-five copies printed on Japanese vellum, with full-page illustrations in two colours, black and bistre.
From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various
No. 104 of two hundred and ten copies printed on Japanese vellum, with twenty plates in bistre.
From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various
A very singular drawing in pen and ink and bistre.
From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis
Etching in bistre touched up in white for the Cambio.
From Great Masters in Painting: Perugino by Williamson, George C.
Inks are made of pure black, slightly tempered with bistre or burnt sienna, and the shade can be varied according to taste.
From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime
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