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gride.

To pierce (something) with a weapon; to wound, to stab.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɡɹaɪd/
  1. To pierce (something) with a weapon; to wound, to stab.

    obsolete · transitive
  2. To travel through something.

    intransitive · obsolete
  3. To produce a grinding or scraping sound.

Where this word comes from

From a metathetic variation of gird (“to strike, smite, upbraid, scold, jibe”), from Middle English girden, gerden (“to strike, thrust, smite”, literally “smite with a rod”), from gerd, yerd (“a rod, yard”). More at yard.

noun/ˈɡɹaɪd/
  1. A harsh grating sound.

Where this word comes from

From a metathetic variation of gird (“to strike, smite, upbraid, scold, jibe”), from Middle English girden, gerden (“to strike, thrust, smite”, literally “smite with a rod”), from gerd, yerd (“a rod, yard”). More at yard.

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