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单词 bray
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brayn.1

Brit. /breɪ/, U.S. /breɪ/
Etymology: < bray v.1, or < Old French brai, brait ‘cry’, < braire.
1. Outcry; a loud cry, a shriek. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > yell or yelp
yerra1225
braya1300
yellc1300
yellinga1382
yarmc1400
yellocha1522
braying1547
yowt1554
yawping1576
yelping1632
yellowing1652
yawl1728
yelloching1773
yelp1775
gowl1805
youp1808
yawp1824
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun]
clepingc975
rouna1225
grede13..
voicec1375
cryc1380
outcrya1382
clepea1400
interjectionc1430
scrightc1440
yoa1475
braya1500
shout?a1513
roupingc1550
acclamation1562
outcry1587
whewing?1590
cry-out1814
redound1825
oh-ing1843
shriekc1853
ejaculation1863
blurt1864
spasmodics1865
yo-yoing1874
ejaculatory1883
yip-yipping1910
yip1911
yipping1951
a1300 K. Alis. 2175 So gret bray, so gret crieyng Ffor the folk there was dyeyng.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xviii. 300 The lady vndirstode the brayes and the cries that the bretheren made a-boute hir.
1552 King Edward VI Lett. (Roxb.) lxii. 87 You cannot yet ask leave to return..till this bray do cease.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iv. sig. L.iijv Thrise she sounding fell, and there upon she gaue a braye.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. H7 The Tyrant selfe came forth with yelling bray . View more context for this quotation
2. The cry peculiar to some animals, esp. the ass; humorously of the human voice.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > bray or whinny
bray1650
whinny1823
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus asinus (ass) > sound made by
brayingc1440
bray1650
hee-haw1815
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [noun] > bray
brayingc1440
oncethmus1656
bray1728
1650 T. Bayly Herba Parietis 37 No brayes of asses, nor of bulls.
1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 229 So sighs Sir G—t, starting at the bray..So swells each Windpipe; Ass intones to Ass.
1798 W. Wordsworth Peter Bell i. 55 The Ass sent forth A long and clamorous bray!
1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood I. i. v. 105 A snorting bray [of a buck] was heard.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 338 The solemn bray of one pedagogue was taken up and prolonged in a thousand echoes.
3. transferred. A loud harsh sound produced by natural agencies, brass musical instruments, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > blaring
braga1522
bray1597
bluster1724
blaring1879
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of wind instruments > sound of brass instrument
bray1597
braying1706
blare1807
blaring1879
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 129 With harsh resounding trumpets dreadfull bray . View more context for this quotation
1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xvii. 153 And with rude crash and jarring bray, The rusty bolts withdraw.
1821 J. Baillie Metrical Legends 64 The white churn'd foam with angry bray.
1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 121 Unearthly shrieks and brays from brass instruments and horns.
4. figurative.
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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > glare or dazzle
glarec1540
overlight1626
dazzlement1633
dazzle1651
fulgurance1652
glaringness1664
glaring1669
mizmaze1814
bray1929
1929 E. Sitwell Gold Coast Customs 17 The bray Of the eyeless mud.
1953 C. Day Lewis Ital. Visit i. 21 A great Elgarian clash and bray of sunshine.
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brayn.2

Etymology: < bray v.2
Obsolete.
A baker's pestle.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > baker's equipment > pestle
brayc1440
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 46 Bray or brakene, baxteris instrument, pinsa.
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brayn.3

Brit. /breɪ/, U.S. /breɪ/
Forms: Also brey.
Etymology: < Old French braie, braye, *breie, now broie.
Heraldry.
1. A semicircular figure representing a barnacle or bit to restrain a restive horse.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > other heraldic representations > [noun] > horse furniture
fetterlock1463
bray1863
1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry 45 Breys, barnacles for a horse's nose, used in breaking the animal.
1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xv. 175 Three breys or barnacles in pale or.
2. (Corresponding to French) A tool used for breaking hemp, used as a bearing.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of implements > [noun] > hemp-breaking tools
bray1882
1882 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (ed. 3) vii. 109 A Hemp-brey..is really the same instrument as a Horse-brey, except that they were used for different purposes, and that the former is in Armory always represented as being upon a wooden stand.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

brayv.1

Brit. /breɪ/, U.S. /breɪ/
Forms: Also Middle English–1600s brai(e, braye.
Etymology: Middle English braie, braye, < French brai-re (11th cent. in Littré) ‘to cry’ (now only of the ass), = Provençal braire to cry, Romansh bragir, medieval Latin bragire (Diez): perhaps of Celtic origin, < a stem brag- cognate with Latin fragor; compare Old Irish braigim ‘pedo’ (Thurneysen). The original sense would thus be ‘to make a crackling, grating, or jarring noise’.
1.
a. intransitive. To cry out, to utter a loud harsh cry; esp. of grief or pain. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)]
remeeOE
braya1300
singc1405
blarec1440
blorec1440
rame?a1450
a1300 Cursor Mundi 22607 He sal here it [heaven] cri to wonder, bath cri and brai for dute and drede.
1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) ii. xliv. 50 Now, wepeth, yellyth, cryeth, brayeth, as besyly as ye can.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) v. ii. sig. mm.vi To crye & to braye in wepynge and in playnynge.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. v. 120 The horribil tyrrant wth bludy mouth sal bray.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bray or cry lamentably.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i.viii. sig. G7 The Gyant..lowdly brayd with beastly yelling sownd.
1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. at Exclaime Bray, or crie out.
b. predicated of the cry.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > scream or shriek > of cry
bray1590
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. E8 Her shrill outcryes and shrieks so loud did bray.
2.
a. Of animals: formerly the cry of horses, oxen, deer, etc.; now chiefly used of the ass.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > bray or whinny
bray1380
whrinny?a1475
whinny1530
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [verb (intransitive)] > bray
bray1380
winx14..
hee-haw1821
1380 Sir Ferumb. 3669 Þat hors..faste gan neye and loud braye.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 144 And though him lacke vois of speche..He [Nebuchadnezzar] kneleth in his wise and braieth To seche mercy.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. vi. 77 Thenne he [an elephant] begynneth for to braye, crye and waylle.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Q There is not so croked a hors, but yf he see a mare, he wille braie ones or twise.
1560 Bible (Geneva) Psalms xlii. 1 As the Hart brayeth for the riuers of water [cf. 1611 marg.].
1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus xxii. sig. Iv His meekeness turnd into rage, and began to rise and bray, and stamp.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. iv. §4. 47 The first horse that brayed.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. xvii. 5 What cares an asse for arts? he brayes at sacred Muses.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 113 Stags..pitifully bray . View more context for this quotation
1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 22 Before proud Gates attending Asses bray.
1744 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons (new ed.) 226 As..they [sc. deer]..piteous bray.
1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile iv. 91 The donkey kicks up his heels and brays.
b. contemptuously of the human voice.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > bray
bray1642
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. C6v Two of that City..Did deeply sigh, and rudely rough did bray Gainst Leontopolis.
?a1645 A. Stafford Just Apol. in Life Blessed Virgin (1860) p. xxxii Hee vehemently braies out against my Rhetoricall flowers.
1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. v. 147 None ever brayed so learnedly.
1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 229 With fervid wheels pursue, Though thousands bray around thee.
3.
a. transferred. Of wind, thunder, musical instruments, etc. (now esp. of the trumpet): To make a loud harsh jarring sound.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (intransitive)] > blare
bray1340
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > wind instruments
blow?c1225
bray1340
toot1516
blustera1590
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 73 Þer þou sselt yzy..ver bernynde, brenston stinkinde, tempeste brayinde.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. hvijv/1 A ryuer..whyche..renneth so fast and brayeth that..noo bote ne shyppe may passe theron.
1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iii. f. 41v Till in the loftie heauens darke, the thunder bray no more.
1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur viii. 228 Swords clash with Swords, Bucklers on Bucklers bray.
1757 T. Gray Ode II ii. iii, in Odes 17 Heard ye the din of battle bray..?
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. vi. 12 They watch to hear the war-horn braying.
1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 117 Brays the loud trumpet, squeaks the fiddle sharp.
1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 180 The reed-registers must not rattle or bray.
1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 79 Little reck they, how the storm may bray.
b. Of a place: To resound in like manner.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (intransitive)] > of places
ringa1350
sounda1400
resoundc1405
roarc1405
redounda1492
shout1513
braya1616
resonate1864
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 158 Euery roome Hath blaz'd with Lights, and braid with Minstrelsie. View more context for this quotation
1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 236 Walls, steeples, skies, bray back to him again.
4.
a. transitive. To utter harshly (cries, sounds, etc.). Often with out.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > throatily or harshly
jangle1377
brayc1400
out-braya1561
yawp1567
throttle1582
swoop1605
throat?1611
caw1616
gargle1635
snarl1693
growl1759
croak1791
rasp1877
to grind out1889
grate1921
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 346 Braundysch & bray þy braþez breme.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. vi. sig. Pv Roryng and brayieng out wordes despitefull.
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 4 What asse of Acarnania wold braye out suche a reason?
1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. C3 Pandosto..in a fury brayed out these bitter speaches.
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 12 The kettle, drumme, and trumpet, thus bray out, The triumphes of his pledge.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 209 Arms on Armour clashing bray'd Horrible discord. View more context for this quotation
1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxxi. 286 His men of brass..who were accustomed to bray ‘See the Conquering Hero comes’.
1860 Sat. Rev. 10 421 A Brass band brayed welcome at the terminus.
b. To give forth with a cry or bray.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (transitive)] > blare
bray1581
1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus i. i, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 56 Where Zephyrus most milde Out brayes his baumy breath.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. N4v As gentle Hynd..Braies out her latest breath.
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brayv.2

Brit. /breɪ/, U.S. /breɪ/
Forms: Also Middle English–1600s braie, braye.
Etymology: Middle English brayen, < Old French breie-r (modern French broyer), corresponding, according to Diez, to Provençal bregar, Spanish bregar, Italian brigare. Storm would derive the Romanic words from Germanic brek-an to break.
1.
a. transitive. To beat small; to bruise, pound, crush to powder; usually in a mortar.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > grinding or pounding > grind or pound [verb (transitive)]
grindc1000
i-ponec1000
britOE
poundOE
stampc1200
to-pounec1290
bruisea1382
minisha1382
bray1382
to-grind1393
beatc1420
gratec1430
mull1440
pestle1483
hatter1508
pounce1519
contuse1552
pounder1570
undergrind1605
dispulverate1609
peal1611
comminute1626
atom1648
comminuate1666
porphyrize1747
stub1765
kibble1790
smush1825
crack1833
pun1888
micronize1968
society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > mortar or pestle
poundOE
stampc1200
bray1382
stompera1475
pestle1483
contund1599
mortarize1615
pun1838
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Sam. xxv. 18 Fyue busshellis of brayid corn.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 47 Brayyn, or stampyn in a mortere, tero.
a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 26 Take, bray þo brawne of aȝt capon.
a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 11 Take þat blood..and braie it wiþ þe .10. part of comen salt.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lxii. [lxv.] 212 The Englysshmen were fayne to gather the thystelles in the feldes, and braye them in a morter.
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. c. 383 Stoppe the foot with nettles and salt braid together.
c1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses x. 268 That foul Cyclop that their fellows bray'd Betwixt his jaws.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 85 The kernels of this Fruit the Arabs bray in a mortar.
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xvii. 170 So she was to be turned out of doors—or brayed alive in the double gilt pestle and mortar.
b. figurative; frequently with reference to Proverbs xxvii. 22.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > confound, confute [phrase]
bray1535
to beat the nail back1581
to nail (a fact, information, etc.) to the counter1842
to nail a lie (also charge, etc.)1843
to sew up one's stocking1859
to knock galley-west1875
to knock the bottom out of1875
to shoot down in flames1943
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xxvii. C Though thou shuldest bray a foole wt a pestell in a morter like otemeell, yet wil not his foolishnesse go from him.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. L2v The word of God is not preached vnto them, and as it were braied, punned, interpreted, and expounded.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. iii. sig. E2 Sir, with an argument, Hee'll bray you in a Morter. View more context for this quotation
1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. iii. 302 We must bray togeather, the matters of prayer, as Aromatique spices, with the discussion of our understanding.
1674 S. Butler Epist. to Sidrophel in Hudibras (new ed.) ii. 394 Nor being..bray'd so often in a Morter, Can teach you wholesome Sense, and Nurture.
1855 R. Browning Pretty Woman vi, in Men & Women I. 130 But for loving, why, you would not, Sweet, Though we prayed you, Paid you, brayed you In a mortar.
2. Technical uses:
a. To crush flax or hemp with a brake. [ < French broyer le chanvre.] Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > treat or process flax, hemp, or jute [verb (transitive)] > beat
swinglec1325
braya1398
riba1398
shive1483
bunch1601
tewtaw1601
rough-dress1622
towtaw1652
scutch1733
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xcvii. 988 And [flex] is þanne..ybete, breyed and ycarfled.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 462/2 I bray in a brake, as men do hempe.
b. To temper and spread printing-ink.
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society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > [verb (transitive)] > temper ink
bray1688
to rub out1787
brayer1824
1688 R. Holme Acad. 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.
1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (ed. 6) . Hence in Bailey , etc.
c. To pound and scour (woollen cloth).
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > treat or process textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > other processes
starch1390
scour1467
burl1483
waterc1500
calender1513
shoot1532
press1555
gum1612
reimbale1623
strike1701
bias1838
pad1839
spirit1854
bray1879
stream1883
crisp1892
block1905
Schreiner1905
mercerize1911
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 342/1 The newly-woven cloth requires to be scoured or brayed in order to remove the oil..and the size.
3. To beat, thrash. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person
to-beatc893
threshOE
bustc1225
to lay on or upon?c1225
berrya1250
to-bunea1250
touchc1330
arrayc1380
byfrapc1380
boxc1390
swinga1400
forbeatc1420
peal?a1425
routa1425
noddlea1450
forslinger1481
wipe1523
trima1529
baste1533
waulk1533
slip1535
peppera1550
bethwack1555
kembc1566
to beat (a person) black and blue1568
beswinge1568
paik1568
trounce1568
canvass1573
swaddle?1577
bebaste1582
besoop1589
bumfeage1589
dry-beat1589
feague1589
lamback1589
clapperclaw1590
thrash1593
belam1595
lam1595
beswaddle1598
bumfeagle1598
belabour1600
tew1600
flesh-baste1611
dust1612
feeze1612
mill1612
verberate1614
bethumpa1616
rebuke1619
bemaul1620
tabor1624
maula1627
batterfang1630
dry-baste1630
lambaste1637
thunder-thump1637
cullis1639
dry-banga1640
nuddle1640
sauce1651
feak1652
cotton1654
fustigate1656
brush1665
squab1668
raddle1677
to tan (a person's) hide1679
slam1691
bebump1694
to give (a person) his load1694
fag1699
towel1705
to kick a person's butt1741
fum1790
devel1807
bray1808
to beat (also scare, etc.) someone's daylights out1813
mug1818
to knock (a person) into the middle of next week1821
welt1823
hidea1825
slate1825
targe1825
wallop1825
pounce1827
to lay into1838
flake1841
muzzle1843
paste1846
looder1850
frail1851
snake1859
fettle1863
to do over1866
jacket1875
to knock seven kinds of —— out of (a person)1877
to take apart1880
splatter1881
to beat (knock, etc.) the tar out of1884
to —— the shit out of (a person or thing)1886
to do up1887
to —— (the) hell out of1887
to beat — bells out of a person1890
soak1892
to punch out1893
stoush1893
to work over1903
to beat up1907
to punch up1907
cream1929
shellac1930
to —— the bejesus out of (a person or thing)1931
duff1943
clobber1944
to fill in1948
to bash up1954
to —— seven shades of —— out of (a person or thing)1976
to —— seven shades out of (a person or thing)1983
beast1990
becurry-
fan-
1808 Cumbr. Ballads xxxiv. 77 She brays the lasses, starves the lads.
1864 J. C. Atkinson Whitby Gloss. (at cited word) I'll bray thy back for thee.
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brayv.3

Etymology: < French bray-er to pitch (a ship), < brai pitch, resin.
Obsolete. rare.
To pitch (a ship).
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > clean and coat ship's bottom > smear with pitch
pitcheOE
bray1587
1587 R. Hakluyt tr. R. de Laudonnière Notable Hist. Foure Voy. Florida f. 16 Our men sought all meanes to recouer rosen in the woodes..to bray the vessel.
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brayv.4

Brit. /breɪ/, U.S. /breɪ/, South African English /breɪ/
Forms: Also ‖ brei, brey.
Etymology: < Afrikaans brei, < Dutch breien braid v.1
South African.
transitive. To prepare, dress (the skin of an animal).
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > other processes
curry14..
shave1467
dress1511
slaughter1603
raise1607
scutch1688
chamois1728
braya1835
break1842
fellmonger1843
fire-cure1848
crimp1849
board1860
pebble1862
soft-board1878
sam1883
stock1883
nourish1884
buff1885
pinwheel1885
sammy1885
wheel1885
unlime1888
1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. xv. 351 The trunk of a tree is fixed up near the hut, for the purpose of preparing (or, as they call it, breyen) leathern reims.]
a1835 J. Goldswain Chron. (1946) 20 Six or eight sheep skins wich they bray or rub them in thear hands.
1840 W. C. Harris Game & Wild Animals S. Afr. i. 4 The hide, when brayed, is employed by the Colonists for riems, or thongs.
1897 ‘F. Macnab’ On Veldt & Farm Bechuanaland iv. 53 They..were always busy braying a skin, sewing a karross [etc.].
1925 S. C. Cronwright-Schreiner in Centenary Bk. S. Afr. Verse 61 The hardy Boer..cut the strip And brei'd and rolled and hammered it round to make the Wagon-whip.
1934 R. Campbell Broken Rec. vii. 170 I shot two seals,..brayed their skins and sold them to tourists for motoring coats.
1934 ‘N. Giles’ Ridge of White Waters i. ix. 109 Their clothes, patched from skins they breyed themselves.
1952 S. Cloete Curve & Tusk (1953) ix. 85 A kilt of breyed skin.
1955 E. A. Ritter Shaka Zulu xvii. 203 Everyone lay down to sleep—the maidens on their mats with well brayed skins as blankets.
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