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gride
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gride \Gride\ (gr[imac]d), 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. [1913 Webster] That through his thigh the mortal steel did gride. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gride \Gride\, n.
A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
[1913 Webster]
The gride of hatchets fiercely thrown.
On wigwam log, and tree, and stone. --Whittier.
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