A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bray, n. [ME. bray (a 1300), OF. brai.] A loud or harsh cry or sound. —1513 Doug. iii. iv. 47.
The rowt vpstartis Of thai birdis, with byr and mony a bray Ib. x. 32. (Also vii. ix. 101; x. x. 72.)
A fellon bray and huge schowt vp he kest
