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 ]

n. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gride of hatchets fiercely thrown.
On wigwam log, and tree, and stone. Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gris de lin gray of flax, flax gray. ] A color mixed of white, and red, or a gray violet. [ Written also gredaline, grizelin. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]