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▪ I. brayer1|ˈbreɪə(r)|
[f. bray v.1 + -er1.]
One who brays; esp. an ass.
1598Florio, Russo..a snorter, a brayer, one that is hoarse. 1728Pope Dunciad ii. 246 Sound forth, my Brayers, and the welkin rend. 1876G. Roslyn Geo. Eliot in Derbysh. 54 She had a pony and he had a donkey. He could not make the brayer go.
▪ II. brayer2 Printing.|ˈbreɪə(r)|
[f. bray v.2 + -er1.]
A wooden muller or pestle used to rub down and temper the ink.
1688R. Holme Armory ii. iii. 56 Brayer, is a round wooden Rubber, flat at the bottom, it is used in the Inke⁓block to Bray and Rub Inke. 1824J. Johnson Typogr. II. 524 He brings forward a small quantity of ink..which he rubs well with the brayer.
Hence ˈbrayer v. trans. To spread or rub fine.
1824J. Johnson Typogr. II. 524 Care should be observed not to brayer out much [ink] at a time.
▪ III. brayer3|ˈbreɪə(r)|
[Deriv. uncertain: cf. F. brayer in various technical senses; or ? bray v.2]
Part of a compound lever for raising or depressing the ‘runner’ or upper grindstone in a corn-mill, being the transverse piece which supports the end of the ‘bridge-tree’.
1770J. Ferguson Lect. (1805) I. 83 The end S is let into a beam Q R, called the brayer. 1822J. Imison Sc. & Art I. 69 The end M of the brayer is raised or depressed at pleasure. |