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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. examples
One who brays, or makes the sound of a donkey. quotations examples
Sound forth my Brayers, and the welkin rend
1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the First”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, page 2