braying


bray 1

B0444900 (brā)v. brayed, bray·ing, brays v.intr.1. To utter the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.2. To sound loudly and harshly: The foghorn brayed all night.v.tr. To emit (an utterance or a sound) loudly and harshly.n.1. The loud, harsh cry of a donkey.2. A sound resembling that of a donkey: "an endless bray of pointless jocosity" (Louis Auchincloss).
[Middle English braien, from Old French braire, from Vulgar Latin *bragere, of Celtic origin.]

bray 2

B0444900 (brā)tr.v. brayed, bray·ing, brays 1. To crush and pound to a fine consistency, as in a mortar.2. To spread (ink) thinly over a surface.
[Middle English braien, from Old French breier, of Germanic origin; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]