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Definition
a brownish-colored metal with red or yellow hues that is made of copper and (usually) tin
- His whole high, broad form, seemed made of solid bronze, and shaped in an unalterable mould, like Cellini's cast Perseus.Chapters 28-30 — Ahab; (Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb); The Pipe (20% in)
bronze = a brownish metal
- Of modern standers-of-mast-heads we have but a lifeless set; mere stone, iron, and bronze men; who, though well capable of facing out a stiff gale, are still entirely incompetent to the business of singing out upon discovering any strange sight.Chapters 34-36 — The Cabin-Table; The Mast-Head; The Qarter-Deck—Ahab and all (35% in)
bronze = made of a brownish metal
There are no more uses of "bronze" in Moby Dick.
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