gride

American  

[grahyd] / graɪd /

verb (used without object)

grided, griding

1. to make a grating sound; scrape harshly; grate; grind.

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verb (used with object)

grided, griding

1. to pierce or cut.

noun

1. a griding or grating sound.

gride British  

/ ɡraɪd /

verb

1. literary (intr) to grate or scrape harshly

2. obsolete to pierce or wound

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noun

1. literary a harsh or piercing sound

Etymology

Origin of gride

1350–1400; Middle English; metathetic variant of gird ²

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

gride grided griding

The step was heavy, and accompanied with the gride and clang of coarse sandals.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis

The tumultuous noise resolved itself now into the disorderly mingling of many voices, the gride of many wheels, the creaking of waggons, and the staccato of hoofs.

From The War of the Worlds by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

We are vividly conscious of the summer's breeze which tumbles the pears in the orchard, and the winter's storm when the leafless ribs of the wood clang and gride.

From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by Blore, George Henry

Well, good Malluch, the trumpet, and the gride of wheels, and the prospect of diversion excite me.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis

My heart, with care and grief then gride,         Doth fail,         Doth quail;   My life steals from me at that hidden wound.

From England's Antiphon by MacDonald, George

Upon the roof of the cabin the battle yet beat; against the sides the hostile vessels yet crushed and grided.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis

The horses struck sparks against the pave, the wheels grided, and the wagon-load went west, up the shadowy depths of Sixth Avenue, under the elevated structure, and stopped before Jefferson Market Court.

From The Nine-Tenths by Oppenheim, James

“This is a guy that hadn’t given up runs in a while and had been pitching really well in Blake. We just kept going. … We were able to keep griding and stayed with it.”

From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

Their three swords are three griding gashers, Glas, Glessic, and Clersag. 

From The Mabinogion Vol. 2 by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir

So these two held communion on the shore Of melancholy Patmos, when a sound As of a griding chain was heard, and, lo!

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George

Through his brain At once the griding iron passage found; Deluge of tender thoughts then rushed amain, Nor could his sunken eyes the starting tear restrain.

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 by Knight, William

Ah!, for the griding of their swords, and, ah!, for the captives who were taken.

From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Mason, Eugene