Associations to the word «Bistre»

Wiktionary

BISTRE, noun. A brown pigment made from soot.
BISTRE, noun. A mid-to-dark brown color resembling the pigment.

Dictionary definition

BISTRE, noun. A water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca