Bray

·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.

bray
A vicar of Bray; one who frequently changes his principles, always siding with the strongest party: ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bray
1) to bray, to neigh ; the horse brays. Berks. 2) to beat or pound. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
bray, to
To beat and bruise in a mortar. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Bray, Anna Eliza
(1790-1883) Novelist, dau. of Mr. J. Kempe, was married first to C.A. Stothard, s. of the famous R....

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
vicar of bray
See bray. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose