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English Dictionary: Bronze by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bronze
adj
  1. of the color of bronze
    Synonym(s): bronze, bronzy
  2. made from or consisting of bronze
n
  1. an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin
  2. a sculpture made of bronze
v
  1. give the color and appearance of bronze to something; "bronze baby shoes"
  2. get a tan, from wind or sun
    Synonym(s): tan, bronze
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bronze \Bronze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bronzed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Bronzing}.] [Cf. F. bronzer. See {Bronze}, n.]
      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.) See {Addison's disease}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bronze \Bronze\, n. [F. bronze, fr. It. bronzo brown, fr. OHG.
      br[?]n, G. braun. See {Brown}, a.]
      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; [bd]brass.[b8]
  
                     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} [or] {Silicium bronze}
            are made by adding phosphorus and silicon respectively to
            ordinary bronze, and are characterized by great tenacity.
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