Gnide (n&imac;d), v. t. [AS. gn&imac;dan.]

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.

 

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