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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bistre \Bis"tre\, n. See {Bister}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bistre n : a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot [syn: {bister}]
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