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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bray \Bray\, v. i. [OE brayen, F. braire to bray, OF. braire to
     cry, fr. LL. bragire to whinny; perh. fr. the Celtic and akin
     to E. break; or perh. of imitative origin.]
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     1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.
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              Laugh, and they
              Return it louder than an ass can bray. --Dryden.
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     2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.
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              Heard ye the din of battle bray?      --Gray.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bray \Bray\ (br[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brayed} (br[=a]d); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Braying}.] [OE. brayen, OF. breier, F. broyer
     to pound, grind, fr. OHG. brehhan to break. See {Break}.]
     To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.
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           Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . .
           yet will not his foolishness depart from him. --Prov.
                                                    xxvii. 22.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bray \Bray\, v. t.
     To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and
     grating sound.
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           Arms on armor clashing, brayed
           Horrible discord.                        --MIlton.
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           And varying notes the war pipes brayed.  --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bray \Bray\, n.
     The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or
     discordant sound.
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           The bray and roar of multitudinous London. --Jerrold.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bray \Bray\, n. [OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill,
     hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. br[=ae]w eyebrow,
     influenced by the allied Icel. br[=a] eyebrow, bank, also
     akin to AS. br[=u] eyebrow. See {Brow}.]
     A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See {Brae}, which is now
     the usual spelling. [North of Eng. & Scot.] --Fairfax.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bray
       n : the cry of an ass
       v 1: braying characteristic of donkeys [syn: {hee-haw}]
       2: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
          "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: {grind},
           {mash}, {crunch}, {comminute}]
       3: laugh loudly and harshly

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  161 Moby Thesaurus words for "bray":
     abrade, atomize, bark, bawl, bay, beat, beep, belch, bell, bellow,
     blare, blast, blat, blate, bleat, blow, blow the horn, blubber,
     boom, breathe, brecciate, buck, bugle, burr, buzz, cackle, call,
     caterwaul, caw, chant, chirp, chirr, clang, clangor, clank,
     clarion, clash, comminute, contriturate, coo, craunch, croak, crow,
     crumb, crumble, crump, crunch, crush, cry, disintegrate, drawl,
     exclaim, fanfare, flour, flourish of trumpets, flute, fragment,
     gasp, give tongue, give voice, grain, granulate, granulize, grate,
     grind, grind to powder, groan, growl, grumble, grunt, hiss, honk,
     howl, jangle, jar, keen, levigate, lilt, low, mash, meow, mew,
     mewl, miaow, mill, moo, mumble, murmur, mutter, neigh, nicker,
     pant, peal, pestle, pipe, pound, powder, pule, pulverize, rasp,
     reduce to powder, roar, rumble, scranch, scrape, scratch, screak,
     scream, screech, scrunch, shard, shred, shriek, sibilate, sigh,
     sing, smash, snap, snarl, snore, snort, sob, sound, sound a tattoo,
     sound taps, squall, squash, squawk, squeak, squeal, tantara,
     tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, thunder, toot, tootle,
     triturate, troat, trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet call, twang,
     tweedle, ululate, wail, warble, whicker, whine, whinny, whisper,
     whistle, wind, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yowl
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Bray, OK (town, FIPS 8550)
    Location: 34.60883 N, 97.81750 W
    Population (1990): 925 (400 housing units)
    Area: 161.3 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Bray, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
     Population (2000):    1035
     Housing Units (2000): 419
     Land area (2000):     62.253863 sq. miles (161.236757 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.699251 sq. miles (1.811052 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    62.953114 sq. miles (163.047809 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            08550
     Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
     Location:             34.630587 N, 97.835246 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Bray, OK
      Bray
  

















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