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[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/19/00 9:53:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
catwho at bellsouth.net writes:

<< I was always under the assumption that bray meant >>

>From Miriam-Webster>

bray [2] (verb transitive)

[Middle English, from Anglo-French braier, from Old French breier, of  
Germanic origin; akin to Old High German brehhan to break -- more at  BREAK]

First appeared 14th Century

 1 : to crush or grind fine <~ seeds in a mortar>

 2 : to spread thin <~ printing ink>

Ras