bistredadj.
/ˈbɪstəd/ Stained with or as with bistre.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > making or becoming brown > [adjective] > made brown > dyed or stained brown
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bistred1876
1876 R. Broughton Joan xx. 186 A keener look in her stained and bistred eyes.
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adj.1876- to pull by the sleeve
- to pull caps
- to pull down
- to pull down one's sail or sails
- to pull etc
- to pull etc a rabbit out of a hat
- to pull etc oneself by one's bootstraps
- to pull etc oneself by one's own bootstraps
- to pull etc oneself up by one's bootstraps
- to pull etc oneself up by one's own bootstraps
- to pull focus
- to pull foot
- to pull for prime
- to pull free
- to pull g's
- to pull in
- to pull in one's belt
- to pull in pieces
- to pull in the same boat
- to pull it
- to pull it out of the hat
- to pull leather
- to pull lift oneself by one's bootstraps
- to pull lift oneself by one's own bootstraps
- to pull lift oneself up by one's bootstraps