bistre
noun
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
bistred
-
a word derived from
bistre.
Example Sentences
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I noticed again with distress the pallor of her face and the bistred rings that weeks of nursing had put under her dark eyes.
From Widdershins by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
She fell to wringing her hands, and the tears began to run from her bistred eyes.
From Wandering Heath by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
