bronze
    adj 1: of the color of bronze [syn: 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 [syn: tan, bronze]

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.
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            The tall bronzed black-eyed stranger. --W. Black.
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   2. To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.
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            The lawer who bronzes his bosom instead of his
            forehead.                             --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   Bronzed skin disease. (Pathol.) See Addison's disease.
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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.
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   2. A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze.
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            A print, a bronze, a flower, a root.  --Prior.
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   3. A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a
      pigment or powder for imitating bronze.
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   4. Boldness; impudence; "brass."
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            Imbrowned with native bronze, lo! Henley stands.
                                                  --Pope.
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   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 & Silicious bronze or Silicium bronze
      are made by adding phosphorus and silicon respectively to
      ordinary bronze, and are characterized by great tenacity.
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