gride

Meanings

Verb

To pierce (something) with a weapon; to wound, to stab.
To travel through something, of a weapon or sharp object.
To produce a grinding or scraping sound.

Noun

A harsh grating sound.

Origin

From a metathetic variation of gird, from Middle English girden, gerden, from gerd, yerd. More at yard.

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