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bray

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brayer

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BRAY

v.t. 1. To pound, beat or grind small; as, to bray a fool in a mortar. Proverbs 27:22.
2. To make a harsh sound, as of an ass.
3. To make a harsh, disagreeable grating sound.

 

BRAY

n.The harsh sound or roar of an ass; a harsh grating sound. 1. Shelving ground.

 

BRAY

n.A bank or mound of earth.

 

BRAYER

n.One that brays like an ass. 1. A instrument to temper ink in printing offices.

 

BRAYING

ppr. Pounding or grinding small; roaring.

 

BRAYING

n.Roar; noise; clamor.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BRAY

Bray, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Braying. ] Etym: [OE. brayen, OF. breier, F. broyer to pound, grind, fr. OHG. brehhan to break. See Break. ]

 

Defn: To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, ... yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Prov. xxvii. 22.

 

BRAY

Bray, v. i. Etym: [OE brayen, F. braire to bray, OF. braire to cry, fr. LL. bragire to whinny; perh. fr. the Celtic and akin to E. break; or perh. of imitative origin. ]

 

1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass. Laugh, and they Return it louder than an ass can bray. Dryden.

 

2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. Heard ye the din of battle bray Gray.

 

BRAY

BRAY Bray, v. t.

 

Defn: To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound. Arms on armor clashing, brayed Horrible discord. MIlton. And varying notes the war pipes brayed. Sir W. Scott.

 

BRAY

BRAY Bray, n.

 

Defn: The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. The bray and roar of multitudinous London. Jerrold.

 

BRAY

Bray, n. Etym: [OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. br eyebrow, influenced by the allied Icel. br eyebrow, bank, also akin to AS. brBrow.]

 

Defn: A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling. [North of Eng. & Scot. ] Fairfax.

 

BRAYER

BRAYER Bray "er, n.

 

Defn: An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing.

 

BRAYER

BRAYER Bray "er, n.

 

Defn: One that brays like an ass. Pope.

 

BRAYING

BRAYING Bray "ing, a.

 

Defn: Making a harsh noise; blaring. "Braying trumpets. " Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bray

bray 1 |brā breɪ | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] the loud, harsh cry of a donkey or mule. • a sound, voice, or laugh resembling such a cry. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a donkey or mule ) utter a bray. • (of a person ) speak or laugh loudly and harshly: he brayed with laughter | [ with direct speech ] : ‘Leave! ,’ brayed a voice behind her. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French brait ‘a shriek, ’ braire ‘to cry ’ (the original senses in English ), perhaps ultimately of Celtic origin.

 

bray

bray 2 |breɪ brā | ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic pound or crush (something ) to small pieces, typically with a pestle and mortar. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French breier, of Germanic origin; related to break, brioche .

 

Bray, Vicar of

Bray, Vicar of |breɪ | the protagonist of an 18th -century song who kept his benefice from Charles II's reign to George I's by changing his beliefs to suit the times. The song is apparently based on an anecdote about an unidentified vicar of Bray, Berkshire, in Thomas Fuller's Worthies of England (1662 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

bray

bray 1 |breɪ | ▶noun the loud, harsh cry of a donkey or mule. • a sound, voice, or laugh resembling a bray. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a donkey or mule ) utter a bray. • (of a person ) speak or laugh loudly and harshly: he brayed with laughter | [ with direct speech ] : ‘Leave! ’ brayed a voice behind her. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French brait ‘a shriek ’, braire ‘to cry ’ (the original senses in English ), perhaps ultimately of Celtic origin.

 

bray

bray 2 |breɪ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic pound or crush (something ) to small pieces, typically with a pestle and mortar. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French breier, of Germanic origin; related to break 1 .

 

Bray, Vicar of

Bray, Vicar of |breɪ | the protagonist of an 18th -century song who kept his benefice from Charles II's reign to George I's by changing his beliefs to suit the times. The song is apparently based on an anecdote about an unidentified vicar of Bray, Berkshire, in Thomas Fuller's Worthies of England (1662 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bray

bray verb 1 a donkey brayed: neigh, whinny, hee-haw. 2 Billy brayed with laughter: roar, bellow, trumpet.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bray

bray verb 1 a donkey brayed: neigh, whinny, hee-haw; rare hinny. 2 Billy brayed with laughter: roar, bellow, trumpet.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bray

bray /breɪ /名詞 複 ～s C ｟否定的に ｠ロバの (けたたましい )鳴き声 ; 甲高く不快な音 [話し声, 笑い声 ].動詞 ～s ; ～ed ; ～ing 自動詞 ｟けなして ｠甲高い声で話す [笑う ]; 〈ロバが 〉けたたましく鳴く .