Gride (grId), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grided; p. pr. & vb. n. Griding.] [For gird, properly, to strike with a rod. See Yard a measure, and cf. Grid to strike, sneer.]

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.

 

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Gride, n.

A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.

The gride of hatchets fiercely thrown.
On wigwam log, and tree, and stone.
Whittier.

 

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