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Bronze

Bronze

,
Noun.
[F.
bronze
, fr. It.
bronzo
brown, fr. OHG.
br[GREEK]n
, G.
braun
. See
Brown
,
Adj.
]
1.
An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in bell metal and speculum metal.
2.
A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze.
A print, a
bronze
, a flower, a root.
Prior.
3.
A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a pigment or powder for imitating bronze.
4.
Boldness; impudence; “brass.”
Imbrowned with native
bronze
, lo! Henley stands.
Pope.
Aluminium bronze
.
See under
Aluminium
.
Bronze age
,
an age of the world which followed the stone age, and was characterized by the use of implements and ornaments of copper or bronze.
Bronze powder
,
a metallic powder, used with size or in combination with painting, to give the appearance of bronze, gold, or other metal, to any surface.
Phosphor bronze
and
Silicious bronze
or
Silicium bronze
are made by adding phosphorus and silicon respectively to ordinary bronze, and are characterized by great tenacity.

Bronze

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bronzed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bronzing
.]
[Cf. F.
bronzer
. See
Bronze
,
Noun.
]
1.
To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze;
as, to
bronze
plaster casts; to
bronze
coins or medals
.
The tall
bronzed
black-eyed stranger.
W. Black.
2.
To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.
The lawer who
bronzes
his bosom instead of his forehead.
Sir W. Scott.
Bronzed skin disease
.
(Pathol.)

Definition 2024


bronzé

bronzé

See also: bronze and Bronze

French

Verb

bronzé m (feminine singular bronzée, masculine plural bronzés, feminine plural bronzées)

  1. past participle of bronzer

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