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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |