different between brayer vs brazer

English

Etymology

bray +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e??(r)

Noun

brayer (plural brayers)

1. (printing) 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 rend

Anagrams

• Yarber, ebrary

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Old Norse bræða (“melt; make oil, tar, pitch”).

Verb

brayer

1. To coat with pitch

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

Noun

brayer m (plural brayers)

1. (surgery) truss

English

Etymology

braze +? -er

Noun

brazer (plural brazers)

1. An instrument used in brazing.

See also

• brazier