brayer
noun/ˈbɹeɪɚ/
Etymology From bray + -er.
1
Media, Printing, Publishing A hand printing tool, in the US often a roller, used to spread a thin even layer of ink. Early brayers, consisting of a vertical cylinder with a single handle, were designed to break up thick inks before spreading.
2
One who brays, or makes the sound of a donkey.
- Sound forth my Brayers, and the welkin rend1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the First”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC, page 2: