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brayers

brayers is the plural of brayer.

Meaning of brayer

Noun

brayer (plural brayers)

  1. A hand printing tool, in the US often a roller, used to spread a thin even layer of ink. Early brayers, consisting of a vertical cylinder with a single handle, were designed to break up thick inks before spreading.
  2. One who brays, or makes the sound of a donkey.
    • Sound forth my Brayers, and the welkin rend1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the First”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC, page 2

Questions about brayers

What is brayers the plural of?
Brayers is the plural of brayer.

Words near brayers in the dictionary

  1. Brayden
  2. Braydon
  3. brayed
  4. brayer
  5. brayera
  6. brayers
  7. brayette
  8. brayettes
  9. Brayford
  10. braying
  11. brayingly

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