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Definition of Bister
1. Noun. A water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot.
Definition of Bister
1. n. A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.
Definition of Bister
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of bistre) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bister
1. a brown pigment [n -S] : BISTERED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bister
Literary usage of Bister
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1843)
"... which is stronger than the fort of bister, there died so many men and beasts
i>f various maladies and the particular effects of climate, ..."
2. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and storiesby Ebenezer Cobham Brewer by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"(Canterbury Tales with her bister Harriet.) LUE, DD (William), born In Ireland,
1815- Chapter of Accidents, 1780. ..."
3. The Local Courts' and Municipal GazetteLaw reports, digests, etc (1865)
"... describing the défendant as her bister, is evidence of the fact, ami (in the
absence of anything to the contrary) it wiil be presumed that the word ..."
4. The Sister Arts; Or, A Concise and Interesting View of the Nature and by John Baxter (1809)
"bister AUTS^ A concise and interesting View of the Nature arid History of PRINTING
AND BOOKBINDING: Being designed to unite Entertainment with Information ..."
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