EGAVE

brayer

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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. noun One who brays, or makes the sound of a donkey.

Similar words

baren beater spreader vibrator roller scribbler bread brake bodkin press roll spreadboard

Often followed by

to over or and is du with had was

Word family

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