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gride
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gride, v. i. [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."
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gride, n.
A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating. [1913 Webster]
"The gride of hatchets fiercely thrown.
On wigwam log, and tree, and stone." [1913 Webster]
On wigwam log, and tree, and stone." [1913 Webster]
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