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Pronunciation : Bray
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. brayen, OF. breier, F. broyer to pound, grind, fr. OHG. brehhan to break. See Break.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Brayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Braying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bray
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bray
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bray
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. The bray and roar of multitudinous London. Jerrold.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bray
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : Defn: A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling. [North of Eng. & Scot.] Fairfax.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913