\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; ``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} & {Silicious} or {Silicium bronze} are made
   by adding phosphorus and silicon respectively to ordinary
   bronze, and are characterized by great tenacity.

\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}.