Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make foul; defile; soil.
- To scent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To make foul; to soil; to defile.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make foul;
befoul ;soil .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Will you not give one leave to pull down his points? what, an a should his breeches beray?
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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Mr Collier thinks _beray_ was intended by the writer as a blunder on the part of the clown.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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O that Ben Jonson is a pestilent fellow! he brought vp Horace giuing the Poets a pill, [xi: 3] but our fellow Shakespeare hath giuen him a purge that made him beray his credit.
Kemps Nine Daies Wonder Performed in a Daunce from London to Norwich William Kemp 1833
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I try being nice to whoever i meet but they beray me and stay away from me.
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Can she be a lady that is turned out of all her beray? [
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
sionnach commented on the word beray
to splatter with feces.
January 4, 2008
uselessness commented on the word beray
Sounds like fun.
January 4, 2008
yarb commented on the word beray
Citation on bemute.
November 3, 2008