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▪ I. bronzing, vbl. n.|ˈbrɒnzɪŋ|
[f. bronze v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb bronze. Also attrib., as in bronzing liquid, bronzing machine, bronzing salt, etc.
1758Monthly Rev. 276 The various Manners of Gilding, Silvering, and Bronzing. 1865[see bronzer]. 1875Ure Dict. Arts I. 541 The best..bronzing liquid..is a solution of the chloride of patinum. 1876Duhring Dis. Skin. 339 The peculiar bronzing of the skin found in Addison's Disease. a1877Knight Dict. Mech., Bronzing-machine, a machine for bronzing wall-papers or printed sheets. a1884Ibid. Suppl. 1889Century Dict., Bronzing machine, a machine for decorating wall-papers, fabrics, labels, etc. with bronze-powder.
b. (See quots.)
1868Lea Photography 42 By this time the dark shadows ought to show the greenish, almost metallic look, known as ‘bronzing’. 1885W. K. Burton Mod. Photogr. (ed. 5) Index 127 Bronzing of prints. 1889E. J. Wall Dict. Photogr. 23 Bronzing, a peculiar metallic lustre seen on looking at the shadows of some prints at a certain angle. 1903H. R. Proctor Leather Manuf. 404 ‘Bronzing’, the dichroic effect produced by light reflected from the surface of many colouring matters, complementary to that transmitted by them. 1968Gloss. Terms Offset Lithogr. Printing (B.S.I.) 30 Bronzing, the process of dusting a metallic powder upon a wet printed base.
▪ II. ˈbronzing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Making or becoming of a bronze colour.
1880Jefferies Gt. Estate 131 The very tips of the bronzing wheat-ears. |