Bray

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

II. Bray ·vi To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.

III. Bray ·vi To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an Ass.

IV. Bray ·noun The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.

V. Bray ·vt To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.

VI. Bray ·noun A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. ·see Brae, which is now the usual spelling.