Definitions for Brayer
bray·er

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brayernoun

   A hand printing roller used in to spread a thin even layer of ink.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brayernoun

   Etymology: from bray.

   1. One that brays like an ass.

   Hold! cry’d the queen; a cat-call each shall win;
   Equal your merits, equal is your din!
   But that this well-disputed game may end,
   Sound forth, my brayers! and the welkin rend. Alexander Pope.

   2. [With printers; from to bray, or beat.]An instrument to temper the ink.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brayer

   A brayer is a hand-tool used historically in printing and printmaking to break up and "rub out" (spread) ink, before it was "beaten" using inking balls or composition rollers. The word is derived from the verb to "bray", meaning "to break, pound, or grind small, as in a mortar". A brayer consists of a short wooden cylinder with a handle fitted to one end; the other, flat end is used to rub the ink. In the late nineteenth century the term was applied in the United States to a small hand-roller, "used for spreading ink on the inking table, and for applying it to the distributing plates or rollers connected with presses". Such small rollers were sold as "brayers" from at least 1912 and later in the century the term was applied in the U.S. to hand-rollers of all sorts and sizes. It retains its original meaning in Europe.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brayernoun

   an implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing

2. Brayernoun

   one that brays like an ass

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brayer

   A brayer is a hand roller used in printmaking techniques to spread ink in the process of offsetting an image from a plate to paper.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BRAYER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Brayer is ranked #52482 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Brayer surname appeared 395 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Brayer.
   
   95.1% or 376 total occurrences were White.
   1.5% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

How to pronounce Brayer?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Brayer in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Brayer in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Brayer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Brayer
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Brayer
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brayer
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Brayer
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Brayer
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html