Part 1418

<hw>Bron`to*zo"um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ thunder + <?/ animal.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone.</def>

<note>&hand; The tracks made by these reptiles are found eighteen inches in length, and were formerly referred to gigantic birds; but the discovery of large bipedal three-toed dinosaurs has suggested that they were made by those reptiles.</note>

<h1>Bronze</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bronze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bronze</ets>, fr. It. <ets>bronzo</ets> brown, fr. OHG. <ets>br<?/n</ets>, G. <ets>braun</ets>. See <er>Brown</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze.</def>

<blockquote>A print, a <b>bronze</b>, a flower, a root. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a pigment or powder for imitating bronze.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Boldness; impudence; "brass."</def>

<blockquote>Imbrowned with native <b>bronze</b>, lo! Henley stands. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Aluminium bronze</col>. <cd>See under <er>Aluminium</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bronze age</col>, <cd>an age of the world which followed the stone age, and was characterized by the use of implements and ornaments of copper or bronze.</cd> -- <col>Bronze powder</col>, <cd>a metallic powder, used with size or in combination with painting, to give the appearance of bronze, gold, or other metal, to any surface.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Phosphor bronze</col> &and; <col>Silicious</col> &or; <col>Silicium bronze</col></mcol> <cd>are made by adding phosphorus and silicon respectively to ordinary bronze, and are characterized by great tenacity.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bronze</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bronze</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bronzed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bronzing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>bronzer</ets>. See <er>Bronze</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>bronze</ex> plaster casts; to <ex>bronze</ex> coins or medals.</as></def>

<blockquote>The tall <b>bronzed</b> black-eyed stranger. <i>W. Black.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.</def>

<blockquote>The lawer who <b>bronzes</b> his bosom instead of his forehead. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Bronzed skin disease</col>. <cd><fld>(Pathol.)</fld> See <er>Addison's disease</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bronzewing</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bronze"wing`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An Australian pigeon of the genus <spn>Phaps</spn>, of several species; -- so called from its bronze plumage.</def>

<h1>Bronzine</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bronz"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A metal so prepared as to have the appearance of bronze.</def> -- <def2><tt>a.</tt> <def> Made of bronzine; resembling bronze; bronzelike.</def></def2>

<h1>Bronzing</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bronz"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<i>Tomlinson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A material for bronzing.</def>

<h1>Bronzist</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bronz"ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who makes, imitates, collects, or deals in, bronzes.</def>

<h1>Bronzite</h1> <Xpage=184>

<hw>Bronz"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>bronzite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of enstatite, often having a bronzelike luster. It is a silicate of magnesia and iron, of the pyroxene family.</def>