advb. phr. Obs. [A prep.1 + RAY (= rank, order).] In row, in rank, in order.

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c. 1450.  Henryson, Mor. Fables, 11. In stubble array throw gerse and corne … priuily could they creepe.

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1583.  T. Watson, Poems (Arb.), 119. In chaines of roases linked all araye.

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