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Definitions of bistre in various dictionaries:

noun - a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot

adj - a brown pigment [n -S] : BISTERED

BISTRE - Bistre (or bister) can refer to two things: a very dark shade of grayish brown (the version shown on the immediate right); a shade of brown made from...

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Possible Crossword Clues
Grayish to yellowish brown
Dark-brown color
Brown gravy unfinished, red unfinished
Tribes plastered in brownish pigment
Brown wading bird one missed initially? There he goes!

Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles
Oct 12 2017 New York Times
Aug 22 2014 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword
Feb 16 2013 Universal
Oct 6 2004 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword
Sep 14 2002 The Times - Cryptic

Possible Dictionary Clues
Variant of bister.
a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot
A brownish-yellow pigment made from the soot of burnt wood.

Bistre description
Bistre (or bister) can refer to two things: a very dark shade of grayish brown (the version shown on the immediate right); a shade of brown made from soot, or the name for a color resembling the brownish pigment. Bistre's appearance is generally of a dark grayish brown, with a yellowish cast. * Beechwood was burned to produce the soot, which was boiled and diluted with water. Many Old Masters used bistre as the ink for their drawings.The first recorded use of bistre as a color name in English was in 1727; another name for the color bistre is soot brown.

Bistre description

Bistre (or bister) can refer to two things: a very dark shade of grayish brown (the version shown on the immediate right); a shade of brown made from soot, or the name for a color resembling the brownish pigment. Bistre's appearance is generally of a dark grayish brown, with a yellowish cast.
* Beechwood was burned to produce the soot, which was boiled and diluted with water. Many Old Masters used bistre as the ink for their drawings.The first recorded use of bistre as a color name in English was in 1727; another name for the color bistre is soot brown.

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