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gride (grīd)

transitive verb, intransitive verb grided, grid·ing

  1. to scrape or grate with a rasping sound
  2. Obsolete to pierce or wound

Etymology: metathesis of ME girden, to pierce (see gird), adopted (from Lydgate) & popularized by Edmund Spenser

noun

a harsh, rasping sound made by scraping or grating

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