单词 | bray |
释义 | brayn.1ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † brayn.2 Obsolete. A baker's pestle. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). brayn.3 Heraldry. 1. A semicircular figure representing a barnacle or bit to restrain a restive horse. ΘΚΠ 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 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). brayv.2 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: 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † brayv.3 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). brayv.4 South African. transitive. To prepare, dress (the skin of an animal). ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1a1300n.2c1440n.31863v.1a1300v.21382v.31587v.4a1835 |
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