Bray \Bray\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brayed; 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.

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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.]

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.

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Bray \Bray\, v. 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.

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Bray \Bray\, n. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.

The bray and roar of multitudinous London. --Jerrold.

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Bray \Bray\, n. [OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. br?w eyebrow, influenced by the allied Icel. br? eyebrow, bank, also akin to AS. br? yebrow. See Brow.]

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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)