bray

n. [ OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. br&aemacr_;w eyebrow, influenced by the allied Icel. brā eyebrow, bank, also akin to AS. brū eyebrow. See Brow. ] A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling. [ North of Eng. & Scot. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bray and roar of multitudinous London. Jerrold. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brayed p. pr. & vb. n. Braying. ] [ OE. brayen, OF. breier, F. broyer to pound, grind, fr. OHG. brehhan to break. See Break. ] To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . . yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Prov. xxvii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Laugh, and they
Return it louder than an ass can bray. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heard ye the din of battle bray? Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that brays like an ass. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]