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Bronze
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Boldness; impudence; "brass."
(2):
(a.) A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze.
(3):
(a.) 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.
(4):
(n.) 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.
(5):
(a.) A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a pigment or powder for imitating bronze.
(6):
(n.) To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bronze'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bronze.html. 1828.
