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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Bronze

Bronze, n.

noun

(brŏnz or brōnz) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. bronze, Sp. bronce, It. bronzo, L. Lat. bronzium, It. bronzino, bronzed, sun-burned, probably from It. bruno, brown.]

Sense 1. An alloy of copper with from ten to thirty per cent. of tin, to which other metals are sometimes added, especially zinc. It is brittle, hard, and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, &c., the proportions of the respective ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes.

Sense 2. A statue, medal, or other work of art cast in bronze.

A print, a bronze, a flower, a root. Prior.

Sense 3. A brown color; the color of bronze, or a color prepared for the purpose of imitating bronze.

Sense 4. Boldness; impudence; brass.

Imbrowned with native bronze, lo, Henley stands, Tuning his voice and balancing his hands. Pope.

Bronze, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. BRONZED; p. pr. & vb. n. BRONZING.]

  1. To give the appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze-powder, or by other means; to make brown, or of the color of bronze, as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals.
  2. To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.

The lawyer who bronzes his bosom instead of his forehead. W. Scott.