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Webster 1913 Edition

Bray

Bray

(brā)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Brayed
(brād)
;
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.
Though thou shouldest
bray
a fool in a mortar, . . . yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Prov. xxvii. 22.

Bray

,
Verb.
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.]
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

,
Verb.
T.
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

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

Bray

,
Noun.
[OE.
braye
,
brey
,
brew
, eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot.
bra
,
brae
,
bray
, fr. AS.
brǣw
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bray

BRAY

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To pound, beat or grind small; as, to bray a fool in a mortar. Prov.27.
2.
To make a harsh sound, as of an ass.
3.
To make a harsh,disagreeable grating sound.

BRAY

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

BRAY

,
Noun.
A bank or mound of earth.

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