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See Dashboard, n., 2 (b).

One that sprays; any instrument for vaporizing and spraying liquids.

Any one of numerous rays of the family Dasyatidæ, syn. Trygonidæ, having one or more large sharp barbed dorsal spines, on the whiplike tail, capable of inflicting severe wounds. Some species reach a large size, and some, esp., on the American Pacific coast, are very destructive to oysters.

A distemper in hawks.

from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. Thames among the wanton valleys strays. Denham.

One who strays; a wanderer.

Traces. [Obs.] Four white bulls in the trays. Chaucer.

To betray; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An old game played with dice. [Obs.] Shak.

As much as a tray will hold; enough to fill a tray.

See Trais. Chaucer.

To revoke or annul by prayer, as something previously prayed for. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

Not to be influenced or moved by prayers; obdurate. [R.] Wyclif.

Not prayed for. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

See Unwrie. [Obs.]

Very; true. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Verily; truly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To make war upon. [Obs.] Fairfax. "When a man warrayeth truth." Chaucer.

To reveal; to disclose. [Obs.] To no wight thou shalt this counsel wray. Chaucer.

The Röntgen rays; -- so called by their discoverer because of their enigmatical character.