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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