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bis·ter

or bis·tre (bĭs′tər)

1. A water-soluble, yellowish-brown pigment.

2. A grayish to yellowish brown.

[French bistre.]

bis′tered adj.

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Noun

bister - a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot

bistre

pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)

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'Bister Sikes!' exclaimed Barney, with real or counterfeit joy;

'Wud of Bister Fagid's lads,' exclaimed Barney, with a grin.

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Charlotte Bister and Dan Richards have written 'Vindicta Games', the first short play of the evening.

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Klaus Bister from the Institute of Biochemistry at the University of Innsbruck said: "To get a better understanding of the deregulation process caused by the oncogene, we would have to know which genes are regulated by myc and which of these are important for cancers."

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Written by co-artistic directors Charlotte Bister and Daniel Richards, A View from the Edge is a highly original show.

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Rex Fallen, Len Pate, Martyn Evans and Alan Bister were trailing 10-9 at 15 ends but had slightly the worse of the remaining exchanges to lose seven shots against five to go down 17-14.

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