Grid"dle*cake` (?), n. A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin
batter cake, as of buckwheat or common flour.
Gride (grd), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grided; p. pr. & vb. n. Griding.] [For
gird, properly, to strike with a rod. See Yard a measure, and cf. Grid
to strike, sneer.] To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or
pierce harshly; as, the griding sword. Milton.
That through his thigh the mortal steel did gride.
Spenser.
Gride, n. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
The gride of hatchets fiercely thrown. On wigwam log, and tree, and
stone.
Whittier.
Grid"e*lin (grd"*ln), n. [F. gris de lin gray of flax, flax gray.] A
color mixed of white, and red, or a gray violet. [Written also
gredaline, grizelin.] Dryden.
Grid"i`ron (?), n. [OE. gredire, gredirne, from the same source as E.
griddle, but the ending was confused with E. iron. See Griddle.] 1. A
grated iron utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals.
2. (Naut.) An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for
examination, cleaning, and repairs.
Gridiron pendulum. See under Pendulum. -- Gridiron valve (Steam
Engine), a slide valve with several parallel perforations corresponding
to openings in the seat on which the valve moves.
Grief (grf), n. [OE. grief, gref, OF. grief, gref, F. grief, L. gravis
heavy; akin to Gr. bary`s, Skr. guru, Goth. ka˙rus. Cf. Barometer,
Grave, a., Grieve, Gooroo.] 1. Pain of mind on account of something in
the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss
of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
The mother was so afflicted at the loss of a fine boy, . . . that
she died for grief of it.
Addison.
2. Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial;
grievance.
Be factious for redress of all these griefs.
Shak.