BISTER

n.Among painters, the burnt oil extracted from the soot of wood; a brown pigment. To prepare it, soot [that of beach is the best ] is put into water, in the proportion of two pounds to a gallon, and boiled half an hour; after standing to settle, and while hot, the clearer part of the fluid must be poured off from the sediment, and evaporated to dryness; the remainder is bister.

BISTER; BISTRE

Bis "ter, Bis "tre, n. Etym: [F. bistre a color made of soot; of unknown origin. Cf. , however, LG. biester frowning, dark, ugly. ] (Paint. )

bister

bis ter |ˈbistər ˈbɪstər |(also bistre ) ▶noun a brownish-yellowish pigment made from the soot of burned wood. • the color of this pigment. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French bistre, of unknown origin.

Bister

Bis ter Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum Malerei , der oder das |B i ster auch ˈbɪstɐ |der oder das Bister; Genitiv: des Bisters französisch bistre, Herkunft ungeklärt bräunliche Wasserfarbe aus Holzruß