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verb
Thrid  v. t.  (past & past part. thridded; pres. part. thridding)  
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." "And now he thrids the bramble bush." "I began To thrid the musky-circled mazes."
2.
To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood.






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"Thrid" Quotes from Famous Books



... a shaggy gray mare upon whose back I thrid the great pine forests daily, much to my delight. Nothing seems so restorative to ...
— Sidney Lanier • Edwin Mims

... the year long at the villa, nothing to see though you linger, Except yon cypress that points like death's lean lifted forefinger. Some think fireflies pretty, when they mix i' the corn and mingle, Or thrid the stinking hemp till the stalks of it seem a-tingle. Late August or early September, the stunning cicala is shrill, And the bees keep their tiresome whine round the resinous firs on the hill. Enough of the seasons,—I spare you the months of the ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 6 • Various

... tyme lowe, among aufyns and pownys, he thought erwith at hit wold be so with him, for he shuld dey, and be hid vndir erth. And erfore he devided his Reame in thre parties; and he yaf oo part to e kyng of Ierusalem; e secunde part vnto e lordis of his Reame or his empire; and the thrid partie vnto the pore people; & yede him self vnto the holy londe, and ther he endid ...
— Game and Playe of the Chesse - A Verbatim Reprint Of The First Edition, 1474 • Caxton

... I, in a thrid-bare suit; when men come there, They must have high naps, and goe from thence bare: A man may drowne the parts of ten rich men In one poore suit; brave barks, and outward glosse Attract Court loves, be in parts ne're so ...
— Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois • George Chapman



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