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Brayed

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.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . . yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
--Prov. xxvii. 22.

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brayed

vb. (past participle of bray English)

Usage examples of "brayed".

He also said that the man who told them about the matter had erred when he said that it had been two councilmen who brayed, because according to the verses on the banner, they had been mayors.

Not one brayed, a sure sign of good management in the stables, and once we reached the road their hoofs tapped smartly along the white pavement.

They were even better, because the asses kicked and brayed, and it was harder to catch them by the collar than a galloping horse, and the giants now became masters of this skill.

Not one brayed, a sure sign of good management in the stables, and once we reached the road their hoofs tapped smartly along the white pavement.

The presence on the legionaries eased as deep-voiced horns brayed to the left of Thorisin Gavras' center.

The donkey brayed a mighty protest, but the cart jerked and they set off again as the sun glared down, burning his skin, scalding his eyes, making tears run from the face of a dead man who wasn't dead at all.