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adjective

Brazen adj.

Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.

Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass.

Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance.

Brazen age.

(a)

(Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age.

(b)

(Archaeol.) See under Bronze.

Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.

verb

Brazen v. t. (past & past part. brazened; pres. part. brazening) To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through. "Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect."

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Etymology of 'Brazen'

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"Brazen" Quotes from Famous Books

... "'Ye black brazen Jezebel,' sez I, 'sellin' your masther's honor for five rupees—pack up all the Miss Sahib's kit an' look slippy! Capt'n Sahib's order,' sez I, 'Going to the station we are,' I sez, an' wid that I laid my finger to my nose an' looked ...

— Indian Tales • Rudyard Kipling

... this breed is consistent with its high repute; for, on the authority of Nicander, we are told by Julius Pollux, that the Epirote was descended from the brazen dog which Vulcan wrought for Jupiter, and animated with all the functions ...

— The Dog - A nineteenth-century dog-lovers' manual, - a combination of the essential and the esoteric. • William Youatt

... ocean has the sweetness of the prairie slew. Rippling and blue, with long grass up to its edge, a spot of dancing light set in the miles of rustling wheat, it retains even in July, on an afternoon of glare and brazen locusts, the freshness of a spring morning. A thousand slews, a hundred lakes bordered with rippling barley or tinkling bells of the flax, Claire passed. She had left the occasional groves of oak and poplar and silver birch, and come out on the ...

— Free Air • Sinclair Lewis

... as to excite the jealousy of the Mogul Emperor, so the Prince of Amber had it promptly whitewashed—and whitewashed it remains to this day. Some of the brazen doors are remarkably fine, as also those of sandal-wood, inlaid with ivory, in the ...

— A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil • T. R. Swinburne

... with difficulty. While yet hot from the mould, they were rubbed with some kind of resinous varnish which filled up the pores and deposited an unalterable patina upon the surface. Each kind of bronze had its special use. The ordinary bronze was employed for weapons and common amulets; the brazen alloys served for household utensils; the bronzes mixed with gold and silver were destined only for mirrors, costly weapons, and statuettes of value. In none of the tomb-paintings which I have seen is there any representation ...

— Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt • Gaston Camille Charles Maspero

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