1.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.
2.A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze. "A print, a bronze, a flower, a root."
3.A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a pigment or powder for imitating bronze.
4.Boldness; impudence; "brass." "Imbrowned with native bronze, lo! Henley stands."
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