A tool used in printmaking to spread ink evenly onto a printing surface, or something that brays.
From 'bray' + '-er' (agent noun suffix). In printing, the tool's function of spreading/crushing ink may have influenced the name.
A printing brayer is basically a roller that smooshes ink onto a surface — printmakers use it the same way bakers use rolling pins!
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