Found 2 items, similar to bister.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bister bister n : a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot [syn: bistre]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bister 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]