thrid

verb

ˈthrid

thridded also thrid; thridded

-də̇d

also thridden

-dᵊn

; thridding; thrids

transitive verb

: thread

woodpeckers … thrid the wildwood branches

—Robinson Jeffers

intransitive verb

: thread

we thrid all the way among shoals

—R. L. Stevenson

Word History

Etymology

alteration of thread entry 2

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