v. [ A false form from the preterit abraid, abrayde. ] See Abraid. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ p. p. Affrayed. ] [ OE. afraien, affraien, OF. effreer, esfreer, F. effrayer, orig. to disquiet, put out of peace, fr. L. ex + OHG. fridu peace (akin to E. free). Cf. Afraid, Fray, Frith inclosure. ] [ Archaic ] 1. To startle from quiet; to alarm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Smale foules a great heap
That had afrayed [ affrayed ] me out of my sleep. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away. [ 1913 Webster ]

That voice doth us affray. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. afrai, affrai, OF. esfrei, F. effroi, fr. OF. esfreer. See Affray, v. t. ] 1. The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Alarm; terror; fright. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray. “In the very midst of the affray.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Quarrel; brawl; scuffle; encounter; fight; contest; feud; tumult; disturbance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi, order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai, rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth. raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel. reiði rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. Ready, Greith, Curry. ] 1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wedged together in the closest array. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An imposing series of things. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their long array of sapphire and of gold. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) (a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. (b) The panel itself. (c) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court. [ 1913 Webster ]

To challenge the array (Law), to except to the whole panel. Cowell. Tomlins. Blount. --
Commission of array (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the prince to officers in every county, to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Arrayed p. pr. & vb. n. Arraying. ] [ OE. araien, arraien, fr. OE. arraier, arreier, arreer, arroier, fr. arrai. See Array, n. ] 1. To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal. [ 1913 Webster ]

By torch and trumpet fast arrayed,
Each horseman drew his battle blade. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

These doubts will be arrayed before their minds. Farrar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen. Gen. xli.&unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

To array a panel, to set forth in order the men that are impaneled. Cowell. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To draw up; arrange; dispose; set in order. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 pale gray; ash-colored.
Syn. -- ash-grey, ashy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. & a. [ See Estray, Stray. ] Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye were as sheep going astray. 1 Pet. ii. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. be + ray to defile. ] To make foul; to soil; to defile. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Betrayed p. pr. & vb. n. Betraying. ] [ OE. betraien, bitraien; pref. be- + OF. traïr to betray, F. trahir, fr. L. tradere. See Traitor. ] 1. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men. Matt. xvii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

But when I rise, I shall find my legs betraying me. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known. [ 1913 Webster ]

Willing to serve or betray any government for hire. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be swift to hear, but cautious of your tongue, lest you betray your ignorance. T. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Genius . . . often betrays itself into great errors. T. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the names in the country betray great antiquity. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To soil. See Beray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewrayed p. pr. & vb. n. Bewraying. ] [ OE. bewraien, biwreyen; pref. be- + AS. wrēgan to accuse, betray; akin to OS. wrōgian, OHG. ruogēn, G. rügen, Icel. rægja, Goth. wrōhjan to accuse. ] To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The murder being once done, he is in less fear, and in more hope that the deed shall not be bewrayed or known. Robynson (More's Utopia. ) [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy speech bewrayeth thee. Matt. xxvi. 73. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bray and roar of multitudinous London. Jerrold. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brayed 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . . yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Prov. xxvii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Laugh, and they
Return it louder than an ass can bray. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heard ye the din of battle bray? Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arms on armor clashing, brayed
Horrible discord. MIlton. [ 1913 Webster ]

And varying notes the war pipes brayed. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. br&aemacr_;w eyebrow, influenced by the allied Icel. brā eyebrow, bank, also akin to AS. brū 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cambrai, France. Cf. Cambric. ] A gingham woven in plain colors with linen finish. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. very dark gray.
Syn. -- charcoal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , n. See Crare. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Defrayed p. pr. & vb. n. Defraying. ] [ F. défrayer; pref. dé- (L. de or dis-) + frais expense, fr. LL. fredum, fridum, expense, fine by which an offender obtained peace from his sovereign, or more likely, atoned for an offense against the public peace, fr. OHG. fridu peace, G. friede. See Affray. ] 1. To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the discharge of his expenses, and defraying his cost, he allowed him . . . four times as much. Usher. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. derroi, desroi, desrei; pref. des- (L. dis-) + roi, rei, rai, order. See Array. ] Disorder; merriment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disarrayed p. pr. & vb. n. Disarraying. ] [ Pref. dis- + array, v.: cf. OF. desarroyer, desarreier. ] 1. To throw into disorder; to break the array of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who with fiery steeds
Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. Fenton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take off the dress of; to unrobe. [ 1913 Webster ]

So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. désarroi. ] 1. Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disrank the troops, set all in disarray. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Confused attire; undress. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disarray; -- an obsolete variant. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A squirrel's nest. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. dræge a dragnet, fr. dragan. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Draw, and cf. 2d Drag, 1st Dredge. ] 1. A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of sledge or sled. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dray cart, a dray. --
Dray horse, a heavy, strong horse used in drawing a dray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. effrayer. See Affray. ] To frighten; to scare. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To stray. [ Obs. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Another form of forahe. Cf. Forray. ] A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The huge Earl Doorm, . . .
Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pillage; to ravage. [ 1913 Webster ]

He might foray our lands. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. forrayen. See Foray. ] To foray; to ravage; to pillage. [ 1913 Webster ]

For they that morn had forrayed all the land. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of ravaging; a ravaging; a predatory excursion. See Foray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. OF. fraier. See Defray, v. t. ] To bear the expense of; to defray. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Frayed p. pr. & vb. n. Fraying. ] [ See 1st Fray, and cf. Affray. ] To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed? Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. freier, fraier, froier, to rub. L. fricare; cf. friare to crumble, E. friable; perh. akin to Gr. chri`ein to anoint, chri^sma an anointing, Skr. gh&rsdot_;sh to rub, scratch. Cf. Friction. ] To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To rub. [ 1913 Webster ]

We can show the marks he made
When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly. [ 1913 Webster ]

A suit of frayed magnificience. tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Abbreviated from affray. ] An angry quarrel; an affray; contest; combat; broil. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Who began this bloody fray? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

. n. (Physics) A very penetrating electromagnetic ray not appreciably deflected by a magnetic or electric field, emitted by radioactive substances. Gamma rays are photons of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength shorter than that of X-rays, (i. e. shorter than 0.1 nanometer) and are correspondingly more penetrating than X-rays. In addition to being given off in certain types of radioactive decay, they may be found in cosmic radiation, though they are largely absorbed by the earth's atmosphere. Gamma-ray detectors orbited above the atmosphere have found bursts of gamma radiation, in some cases associated with visually observed supernova explosions, but in most cases from unidentified sources. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. [ Compar. Grayer superl. Grayest. ] [ OE. gray, grey, AS. gr&aemacr_;g, grēg; akin to D. graauw, OHG. grāo, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. grå, Icel. grār. ] [ Written also grey. ] 1. any color of neutral hue between white and black; white mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. [ 1913 Webster ]

These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. gloomy; dismal. [ PJC ]

Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite. --
Gray buck (Zool.), the chickara. --
Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite. --
Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite. --
Gray duck (Zool.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard. --
Gray falcon (Zool.) the peregrine falcon. --
Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar. --
Gray hen (Zool.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See Heath grouse. --
Gray mill or
Gray millet (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell. --
Gray mullet (Zool.) any one of the numerous species of the genus Mugil, or family Mugilidæ, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species (Mugilidæ capito, and Mugilidæ auratus), the American striped mullet (Mugilidæ albula), and the white or silver mullet (Mugilidæ Braziliensis). See Mullet. --
Gray owl (Zool.), the European tawny or brown owl (Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) inhabits arctic America. --
Gray parrot (Zool.), an African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. Also called jako. --
Gray pike. (Zool.) See Sauger. --
Gray snapper (Zool.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper. --
Gray snipe (Zool.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. --
Gray whale (Zool.), a rather large and swift whale of the northern Pacific (Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead. It lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day.
That coats thy life, my gallant gray. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (U. S. History) the Confederate army or a soldier in the confederate army; as, a battle between the blue and the gray. [ PJC ]

n. [ named after Louis Harold Gray, English radiobiologist. ] the SI unit of absorbed dosage of ionizing radiation, equal to an absorbed energy of 1 joule per kilogram of irradiated material; -- abbreviated Gy. This unit is 100 times the commonly used unit, the rad. [ PJC ]

n. (Geom.) A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Perh. akin to E. hoiden rustic, clownish. ] Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a wood or metal receptacle placed on a desk to hold incoming material requiring attention, especially documents.
Syn. -- in-box, in-basket. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of a gray color, somewhat resembling that of iron freshly broken. -- n. An iron-gray color; also, a horse of this color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An extremely large pelagic tropical ray of the family Mobulidae, that feeds on plankton and small fishes. It is usually harmless but its size (up to 20 feet across and up to a ton in weight) make it dangerous if harpooned. Called also manta, sea devil and devilfish. See also Cephaloptera and Sea devil. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Zool.) A muraena. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. orfraie. Cf. Osprey, Ossifrage. ] (Zool.) The osprey. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]