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[ Thou woldist bleede for mannis nede, And suffre man ye a feerdful fray. Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 14. I come to tell you things sith then befallen, After the bloody fray at Wake field fought. Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 1. The fame that heroes cherish, The glory earned in deadly fray, Shall fade, decay, and perish. Bryant, Ode for an Agricultural Celebration. Propp'd on their bodkin spears the sprites survey The growing combat, or a ist the fray. Pope , R. of the L., v. 56. 2. A brawl; a riot; a mêlée. But incontynent after dyner, there began a great fra ye bitwene som of the gromes and pages of the strangers, and of the archers of Inglande. as cloth. "And pray, sir, what do you think of Mi Morland's gown?" "It is very pretty, madam," said he, gravely examining it; "but I do not think it will wash well; I am afraid it will fray." Jane Austen, North anger Abbey, iii. fray2 (fra), n. [ "Tis like a lawnie firmament, as yet Quite dispo est of either fray or fret. Herrick, Hesperides, p. 86.