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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.

of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray. Ye were as sheep going astray. 1 Pet. ii. 25.

r fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city. Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men. Matt. xvii. 22.

The act or the result of betraying.

One who, or that which, betrays.

Betrayal. [R.] Udall.

A species of Dorstenia (D. Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.

To stray. [Obs.] Daniel.

To spread out in array. [Obs.] And now they outray to your fleet. Chapman.

e, v. i. [Obs.] This warn I you, that ye not suddenly Out of yourself for no woe should outraye. Chaucer.

To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback. Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem. Ezek. iv. 1.

The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.

One who portrays. Chaucer.

See Portray.

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.