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.

Bronze"wing` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) An Australian pigeon of the genus Phaps, of several species; -- so called from its bronze plumage.

Bronz"ine (&?;), n. A metal so prepared as to have the appearance of bronze. -- a. Made of bronzine; resembling bronze; bronzelike.

Bronz"ing, n. 1. 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.

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