Bray \Bray\, v. i. [OE brayen, F. braire to bray, OF. braire to
   cry, fr. LL. bragire to whinny; perh. fr. the Celtic and akin
   to E. break; or perh. of imitative origin.]
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   1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.
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            Laugh, and they
            Return it louder than an ass can bray. --Dryden.
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   2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.
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            Heard ye the din of battle bray?      --Gray.
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	Bray \Bray\, v. t.
   To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and
   grating sound.
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         Arms on armor clashing, brayed
         Horrible discord.                        --MIlton.
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         And varying notes the war pipes brayed.  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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	Bray \Bray\ (br[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brayed (br[=a]d); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Braying.] [OE. brayen, OF. breier, F. broyer
   to pound, grind, fr. OHG. brehhan to break. See Break.]
   To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.
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         Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . .
         yet will not his foolishness depart from him. --Prov.
                                                  xxvii. 22.
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	Bray \Bray\, n.
   The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or
   discordant sound.
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         The bray and roar of multitudinous London. --Jerrold.
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	Bray \Bray\, n. [OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill,
   hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. br[=ae]w eyebrow,
   influenced by the allied Icel. br[=a] eyebrow, bank, also
   akin to AS. br[=u] eyebrow. See Brow.]
   A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now
   the usual spelling. [North of Eng. & Scot.] --Fairfax.
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	bray
    n 1: the cry of an ass
    v 1: braying characteristic of donkeys [syn: hee-haw, bray]
    2: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
       "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn:
       grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute]
    3: laugh loudly and harshly

	

	161 Moby Thesaurus words for "bray":
   abrade, atomize, bark, bawl, bay, beat, beep, belch, bell, bellow,
   blare, blast, blat, blate, bleat, blow, blow the horn, blubber,
   boom, breathe, brecciate, buck, bugle, burr, buzz, cackle, call,
   caterwaul, caw, chant, chirp, chirr, clang, clangor, clank,
   clarion, clash, comminute, contriturate, coo, craunch, croak, crow,
   crumb, crumble, crump, crunch, crush, cry, disintegrate, drawl,
   exclaim, fanfare, flour, flourish of trumpets, flute, fragment,
   gasp, give tongue, give voice, grain, granulate, granulize, grate,
   grind, grind to powder, groan, growl, grumble, grunt, hiss, honk,
   howl, jangle, jar, keen, levigate, lilt, low, mash, meow, mew,
   mewl, miaow, mill, moo, mumble, murmur, mutter, neigh, nicker,
   pant, peal, pestle, pipe, pound, powder, pule, pulverize, rasp,
   reduce to powder, roar, rumble, scranch, scrape, scratch, screak,
   scream, screech, scrunch, shard, shred, shriek, sibilate, sigh,
   sing, smash, snap, snarl, snore, snort, sob, sound, sound a tattoo,
   sound taps, squall, squash, squawk, squeak, squeal, tantara,
   tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, thunder, toot, tootle,
   triturate, troat, trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet call, twang,
   tweedle, ululate, wail, warble, whicker, whine, whinny, whisper,
   whistle, wind, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yowl

	

	Bray, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
   Population (2000):    1035
   Housing Units (2000): 419
   Land area (2000):     62.253863 sq. miles (161.236757 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.699251 sq. miles (1.811052 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    62.953114 sq. miles (163.047809 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            08550
   Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
   Location:             34.630587 N, 97.835246 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Bray, OK
    Bray