bray

(brā)

1. To utter the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
2. To sound loudly and harshly: The foghorn brayed all night.

1. The loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
2. A sound resembling that of a donkey: “an endless bray of pointless jocosity” (Louis Auchincloss).

(brā)

1. To crush and pound to a fine consistency, as in a mortar.
2. To spread (ink) thinly over a surface.