THRIDDING

Verb

thridding

present participle of thrid

Noun

thridding (plural thriddings)

(obsolete) A riding (administrative division).

Source: Wiktionary


THRID

Thrid, a.

Definition: Third. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Thrid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thridded; p. pr. & vb. n. Thridding.] Etym: [A variant of thread.]

1. To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread. Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair. Pope. And now he thrids the bramble bush. J. R. Drake. I began To thrid the musky-circled mazes. Tennyson.

2. To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood.

Thrid, n.

Definition: Thread; continuous line. [Archaic] I resume the thrid of my discourse. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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