Heard ye the din of battle bray?
Gray.
Bray, v. t. To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.
Arms on armor clashing, brayed
Horrible discord.
MIlton.
And varying notes the war pipes brayed.
Sir W. Scott.
Bray, n. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.
The bray and roar of multitudinous London.
Jerrold.
Bray, n. [OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. br&?;w eyebrow, influenced by the allied Icel. br&?; eyebrow, bank, also akin to AS. br&?; yebrow. See Brow.] A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling. [North of Eng. & Scot.] Fairfax.
Bray"er (&?;), n. An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing.
Bray"er, n. One that brays like an ass. Pope.
Bray"ing, a. Making a harsh noise; blaring. "Braying trumpets." Shak.
Braze (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brazed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Brazing.] [F. braser to solder, fr. Icel. brasa to harden by fire. Cf. Brass.] 1. To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe.