gride (gryd) verb intr.

   To scrape or graze against an object to make a grating sound.

verb tr.

   To pierce or cut with a weapon.

noun

   A grating sound.

[Metathetic variation of gird.]

   "And still within a hair's breadth of his ear
   The crunch and gride of wheels rings sharp and clear."
   Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, Wheels, Poems, 1917.

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