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   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.
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   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, 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.]
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   To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.
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   Laugh, and they
   Return it louder than an ass can bray.
   Dryden.
   
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   To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.
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   Heard ye the din of battle bray?
   Gray.
   
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   Bray, v. t. To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.
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   Arms on armor clashing, brayed
   Horrible discord.
   MIlton.
   
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   And varying notes the war pipes brayed.
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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   Bray, n. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.
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   The bray and roar of multitudinous London.
   Jerrold.
   
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   Bray, n. [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.
   
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