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Webster 1913 Edition


Deray

De-ray′

,
Noun.
[OF.
derroi
,
desroi
,
desrei
; pref.
des-
(L.
dis-
) +
roi
,
rei
,
rai
, order. See
Array
.]
Disorder; merriment.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Deray

DERAY

,
Verb.
T.
Tumult; disorder; merriment.

Definition 2024


deray

deray

English

Noun

deray

  1. (obsolete) Disorder, disturbance.
  2. (archaic) Disarray, confusion.
    • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 26:
      …the exasperated Whigs […] were the men in fact that wrought the most deray among the populace.
  3. (obsolete) Disorderly merriment, partying.