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GRIDE
Etymology
Verb
gride (third-person singular simple present grides, present participle griding, simple past and past participle grided)
(obsolete, transitive) To pierce (something) with a weapon; to wound, to stab.
(obsolete, intransitive) To travel through something, of a weapon or sharp object.
To produce a grinding or scraping sound.
Noun
gride (plural grides)
A harsh grating sound.
Anagrams
• Ridge, derig, dirge, redig, ridge
Source: Wiktionary
Gride, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grided; p. pr. & vb. n. Griding.] Etym: [For gird, properly, to strike with a rod. See Yard a measure, and cf. Grid to strike, sneer.]
Definition: To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword. Milton. That through his thigh the mortal steel did gride. Spenser.
Gride, n.
Definition: A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating. The gride of hatchets fiercely thrown. On wigwam log, and tree, and stone. Whittier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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