brayer

== English == === Etymology === From bray +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ) === Noun === brayer (plural brayers) (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. One who brays, or makes the sound of a donkey. === Anagrams === Yarber, ebrary == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French, from Old Norse bræða (“melt; make oil, tar, pitch”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁɛ.je/ ~ /bʁe.je/ === Verb === brayer 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) (surgery) truss === Further reading === “brayer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012