[f. BRONZE v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb BRONZE. Also attrib., as in bronzing liquid machine, salt, etc.

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1758.  Monthly Rev., 276. The various Manners of Gilding, Silvering, and Bronzing.

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1875.  Ure, Dict. Arts, I. 541. The best … bronzing liquid … is a solution of the chloride of patinum.

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1876.  Duhring, Dis. Skin, 339. The peculiar bronzing of the skin found in Addison’s Disease.

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