thrid Meaning, Definition & Usage

Thrid adjective

Definitions

1. Third. Obs. Chaucer.

Thrid transitive verb

Etymology

A variant of thread.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Thridded; present participle & verbal noun Thridding

Definitions

1. To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread.

   Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair. Pope.

   And now he thrids the bramble bush. J. R. Drake.

   I began To thrid the musky-circled mazes. Tennyson.

2. To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood.

Thrid noun

Definitions

1. Thread; continuous line. Archaic

   I resume the thrid of my discourse. Dryden.