Sentence:  It seems a very nest—warm and snug, and green—for human life; with the twilight haze of time about it, almost consecrating it from the aching hopes and feverish expectations of the present. Who would think that the <WSD>bray</WSD> and roar of multitudinous London sounded but some sixty miles away? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any discordant, grating, or harsh sound.