From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bray \Bray\, 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.]
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1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.
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Laugh, and they
Return it louder than an ass can bray. --Dryden.
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2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.
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Heard ye the din of battle bray? --Gray.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bray \Bray\, v. t.
To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and
grating sound.
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Arms on armor clashing, brayed
Horrible discord. --MIlton.
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And varying notes the war pipes brayed. --Sir W.
Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bray \Bray\ (br[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brayed} (br[=a]d); 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.
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Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . .
yet will not his foolishness depart from him. --Prov.
xxvii. 22.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bray \Bray\, n.
The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or
discordant sound.
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The bray and roar of multitudinous London. --Jerrold.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bray \Bray\, n. [OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill,
hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. br[=ae]w eyebrow,
influenced by the allied Icel. br[=a] eyebrow, bank, also
akin to AS. br[=u] 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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bray
n 1: the cry of an ass
v 1: braying characteristic of donkeys [syn: {hee-haw}, {bray}]
2: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn:
{grind}, {mash}, {crunch}, {bray}, {comminute}]
3: laugh loudly and harshly
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