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bray1 (brā)

[Middle English braien, from Old French braire, from Vulgar Latin* bragere, of Celtic origin.]

verb: brayed, bray·ing, brays. 

intransitive verb 

  1. To utter the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
  2. To sound loudly and harshly: The foghorn brayed all night.

transitive verb 

To emit (an utterance or a sound) loudly and harshly.

noun 

  1. The loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
  2. A sound resembling that of a donkey: “an endless bray of pointless jocosity” (Louis Auchincloss)
bray2 (brā)

[Middle English braien, from Old French breier, of Germanic origin.]

transitive verb: brayed, bray·ing, brays. 

  1. To crush and pound to a fine consistency, as in a mortar.
  2. To spread (ink) thinly over a surface.