Bray /(brā)/

imp. & p. p. Brayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Braying

1. 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.

1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.

   Laugh, and they Return it louder than an ass can bray.

2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.

   Heard ye the din of battle bray?

1. To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.

   Arms on armor clashing, brayed Horrible discord.

   And varying notes the war pipes brayed.

1. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.

   The bray and roar of multitudinous London.

1. A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling. [North of Eng. & Scot.]