Bronzed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bronze \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.
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              The tall bronzed black-eyed stranger. --W. Black.
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     2. To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.
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              The lawer who bronzes his bosom instead of his
              forehead.                             --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     {Bronzed skin disease}. (Pathol.) See {Addison's disease}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bronzed
       adj : (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun; "a
             young bronzed Apollo" [syn: {browned}, {suntanned}, {tanned}]