Definition of Brayer

1. n. An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing.

2. n. One that brays like an ass.

Definition of Brayer

1. Noun. A hand printing roller used in to spread a thin even layer of ink. ¹

2. Noun. One who brays, or makes the sound of a donkey. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brayer

1. a roller used to spread ink [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brayer

brawniness
brawninesses
brawning
brawnness
brawns
brawny
brawny arm
brawny oedema
brawny scleritis
braws
braxies
braxton hicks contraction
braxy
bray
brayed
brayer (current term)
brayers
braying
brayingly
brayings
brays
braza
brazas
braze
brazed
brazeletta
brazen
brazen-faced
brazen bull
brazen bulls

Literary usage of Brayer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1836)
"M. brayer, in fact, boldly takes the field upon entirely new ground; and with no other weapons than strong assertion, and a modicum of logic, boldly takes ..."

2. Statutes of the Province of Quebec Passed in the Session Held in the by Québec (Province). (1906)
"109 An Act to ratify a deed between Magloire brayer dit St. Pierre, senior, and his wife, and Magloire brayer dit St. Pierre, junior [Assented to 9th March, ..."

3. The Dictionary of Biographical Reference: Containing Over One Hundred by Lawrence Barnett Phillips (1889)
"brayer, French naturalist and antiquary; d. 1833 DF brayer, , le Comte, French general, ... 1(40 D. brayer, Jean Joseph, French magistrat« and anti- ..."

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