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Definition of Braying
1. a. Making a harsh noise; blaring.
Definition of Braying
1. Verb. (present participle of bray) ¹
2. Noun. An act or sound of braying. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Braying
1. bray [v] - See also: bray
Lexicographical Neighbors of Braying
Literary usage of Braying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... all cross and exeunt Ri; a great crowd shouting, trumpets braying, all sweep
after ... braying ..."
2. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1895)
"CHAPTER XXV Wherein is set down the adventure of the braying and the diverting
one of the Puppet-showman, with the memorable divinations of the divining Ape ..."
3. Eastern Proverbs and Emblems Illustrating Old Truths by James Long (1881)
"A good man's anger lasts an instant, a meddling man's for two hours, a base man's
a day and night, a great sinner's until death. braying a Fool in a Mortar. ..."
4. Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron, Thomas Moore (1830)
"By no means: the kick of an ass or the sting of a wasp may be painful to those
who would find nothing agreeable in the braying of the one or the buzzing of ..."
5. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"get up in that pulpit ; and I should not like to bear them braying at the
congregation, and at the Altar and the Decalogue." LACK of employment for females. ..."
6. A Journey Through the Chinese Empire by Evariste Régis Huc (1871)
"... Classification of Corn—What becomes of the Swallows during Winter— Manner of
making a Cat tell the Time — Method of hindering Asses from braying. ..."
7. The History of Herodotus by Herodotus, George Campbell Macaulay (1904)
"The asses accordingly by riotously braying used to throw into confusion the
cavalry of the Scythians; and often, as they were in the middle of riding ..."
8. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips (1826)
"... or play, Trite and unvaried as more vulgar braying, And then—oh, then—the
feats of Punch came o'er me, And then the charms of Judy flashed before me. ..."
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