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Bronzing

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

Bronzing \Bronz"ing\, n.
   1. The act or art of communicating to articles in metal,
      wood, clay, plaster, etc., the appearance of bronze by
      means of bronze powders, or imitative painting, or by
      chemical processes. --Tomlinson.

   2. A material for bronzing.
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