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4 words match “IMBROWN”

IMBROWN v.
To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure. The mountain mass by scorching skies imbrowned. Byron.
BRONZE n.
Boldness; impudence; "brass." Imbrowned with native bronze, lo! Henley stands. Pope. Aluminium bronze. See under Aluminium. -- Bronze age, an age of the world which followed the stone age, and was characterized by the use of implements and ornaments of copper or bronze. -- Bronze powder, a metallic powder, used with…
EMBROWN v.
To give a brown color to; to imbrown. Summer suns embrown the laboring swain. Fenton.
TAN v.
To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.