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bissextile day |
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Bister
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| bistort
| bistoury
| bistre
Bister
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Bister has 1 sense
- bister(n = noun.substance) bistre - a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot; Array is a kind of pigment
CIDE DICTIONARY
Bister, n. [F. bistre a color made of soot; of unknown origin. Cf., however, LG. biester frowning, dark, ugly.].
A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood. [1913 Webster]
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