[f. prec.: cf. to tin.] trans. To coat with brass by electro-plating or otherwise.
c. 1865. G. Gore, in Circ. Sc., I. 213/1. Solutions used for coppering or brassing iron. Ibid., 222/1. Copper articles may be superficially brassed.
b. fig. To cover with effrontery. To brass it (colloq.): to put on a face of brass, to behave with effrontery.
1859. Times, 18 March, 8/6. A dealer in claptrap to wipe his mouth and brass his brow, and charge us with underrating our fellow-countrymen.
