gnide Meaning, Definition & Usage

Gnide transitive verb
Etymology
AS. gn&imac;dan.
Definitions
  1. To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces. Obs. ✍ This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but improperly. The woed, though common in Old English, does not occur in Chaucer. T. R. Lounsbury.

Webster 1913