'Bister' definitions:
Definition of 'bister'
(from WordNet)
noun
A water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot [syn: bister, bistre]
Definition of 'Bister'
From: GCIDE
- Bister \Bis"ter\, Bistre \Bis"tre\, n. [F. bistre a color made of soot; of unknown origin. Cf., however, LG. biester frowning, dark, ugly.] (Paint.) A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood. [1913 Webster]