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bis·ter
or bis·tre (bĭs′tər)n.
1. A water-soluble, yellowish-brown pigment.
2. A grayish to yellowish brown.
[French bistre.]
bis′tered adj.
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Adj. | 1. | bistered - colored with or as if with bister |
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bistered
adjectiveOf a complexion tending toward brown or black:
black-a-vised, brunet, dark, dusky, swarthy.
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