The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bronze \Bronze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bronzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bronzing.] [Cf. F. bronzer. See Bronze, n.]
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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.
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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.
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.A material for bronzing.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of bronze English)
Wikipedia
Bronzing is a process by which a bronze-like surface is applied to other materials (metallic or non-metallic). Some bronzing processes are merely simulated finishes ( patinas) applied to existing metal surfaces, or coatings of powdered metal that give the appearance of a solid metal surface. In other cases, an actual layer of heavy copper is electroplated onto an object to produce a bronze-like surface. This electroplating is the method traditionally used for "bronzing" of baby shoes, but to electroplate a non-conductive item like a baby shoe, a conductive material must first be applied, then the copper plating is done.
Bronzing is a process by which a bronze-like surface is applied to other materials.
Bronzing may also refer to:
- CD bronzing, a specific variant of CD rot
- Bronzing (skin), the act of exposing the skin to ultraviolet radiation for the purpose of darkening skin color
Usage examples of "bronzing".
What could not be concealed was that her right arm was swelling with lymphadenosis, and she wore a glove to conceal the bronzing of the skin on her hand.
bronzing CASTS OF PLASTER OF PARIS There is a method of bronzing casts of plaster of Paris analogous to that which we have above given for bronzing wood, but it is not in much repute.
He'd worked all day in the foundry below, covering Jody and the vampire with the thin coat of conductive paint and putting them into the bronzing vats.
His complexion was dark, from the bronzing of fifteen summers in New Orleans.
And it's hey for a game where the gorse blossoms flame, And the bracken is bronzing to brown.
Flames leaped in the hearth behind him, bronzing and shadowing the slopes of his muscles.
INDIAN SUMMER A soft veil dims the tender skies, And half conceals from pensive eyes The bronzing tokens of the fall.