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

Mr Gride and his housekeeper, immediately on being left alone, resolved themselves into a committee of ways and means, and discussed the arrangements which should be made for the reception of the young bride.

From Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles

Ralph, watching him sharply and closely in the meantime, made his way towards the door, and signed to Gride to follow him.

From Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles

Ralph followed him, with a steady look, to the door; and, turning to the bridegroom, when they were again alone, said, 'Mark my words, Gride, you won't have to pay HIS annuity very long.

From Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles

The allusion to friends, and the offer of money, Gride held to be mere empty vapouring, for purposes of delay.

From Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles

It's my interest that you should marry your daughter to my friend Gride, because then he sees me paid—in part, that is.

From Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles