bray´er

bray´er
bray1 «bray», noun, verb.
–n.
1. the loud, harsh sound made by a donkey: »

the defiant bray of a donkey.

2. any loud, harsh sound: »

the bray of trumpets. And with rude crash and jarring bray The rusty bolts withdrawn (Scott).

╂[< verb]
–v.i.
1. to make a loud, harsh sound: »

The trumpets brayed.

2. to utter in a loud, harsh voice.
–v.t.
to utter or emit with a loud, harsh sound: »

The man brayed his orders to the waiter.

╂[< Old French braire cry out < Gallo-Romance bragere]
–bray´er, noun.
bray2 «bray», transitive verb.
1. to pound or crush into fine bits; grind into a powder (usually in a mortar): »

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar…with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him (Proverbs 27:22).

2. Dialect. to beat.
3. to temper and spread (printing ink).
╂[< Old French breier < Frankish (compare Old Saxon brecan)]
–bray´er, noun.

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