Obs. rare. [? corruption of BRAY, influenced by BRUISE. Possibly in both quots. the correct reading is bruysing.] trans. To bruise, to bray. Hence Braising vbl. sb.
a. 1500. Gold. Litany, in Maskell, Mon. Rit. (ed. 2), III. 270. The lyftyng vp of thi most holy body on the crosse, and the sore braysyng thereof.
1557. Richmond. Wills (1853), 100. Ij braysenge morters with ij pestles xxs.
