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▪ I. braying, vbl. n.1|ˈbreɪɪŋ|
[f. bray v.1]
†1. Loud or harsh crying, hoarse shouting. Obs.
1547Boorde Brev. Health ccclxxiv. 119 b, A mans voyce the which may have dyvers impedimentes as horsnes, brayenge. 1576Newton tr. Lemnie's Complex. (1633) 121 With too much and too violent braying out.
2. The crying of various animals, now esp. of the ass. Hence contemptuously of the human voice.
c1440Promp. Parv. 47 Brayynge yn sownde, barritus. 1590Greene Never too late (1600) 28 The young Tigers follow the braying of their olde sire. 1684tr. Agrippa's Van. Arts cii. 363 The untuneable braying of Asses. 1826Scott Woodst. (1832) 177 At the braying of the first wild ass.
3. Of musical instruments.
1704Rowe Ulyss. i. i. 63 The Braying of the Minstrel's Noise. 1884Leisure Hour June 374/1 The braying and droning of trumpets and bagpipes.
▪ II. braying, vbl. n.2|ˈbreɪɪŋ|
[f. bray v.2 + -ing1.]
The action or process of pounding, as in a mortar; also attrib., as in braying-stone.
c1440Promp. Parv. 47 Brayynge, or stampynge, tritura. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) II. 222 His discourse is like the braying of a Mortar, the more impertinent the more voluble and loud.
▪ III. braying, ppl. a.|ˈbreɪɪŋ|
[f. bray v.1 + -ing2.]
1. That brays; that makes a loud harsh sound.
1572Gascoigne Flowers Wks. (1587) 47 Thus with a braying sigh his noble tongue he stayde. 1652Benlowes Theoph., Wits..By braying Beasts condemned are. 1782Cowper Gilpin 203 While he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. 1807Byron Newstead Abb. xiv, The braying trumpet and the hoarser drum.
2. fig.
1922E. Sitwell Façade 15 The hard and braying light. |