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thridding

thridding is the present participle and gerund of thrid.

Meaning of thrid

Verb

thrid (third-person singular simple present thrids, present participle thridding, simple past and past participle thridded)

  1. (archaic) 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.1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto II
  2. (archaic) To make or effect (a way or course) through something.
    • to thrid one's way through a wood

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Noun

thridding (plural thriddings)

  1. (obsolete) A riding (administrative division).

Forms of thridding

pluralthriddings

Questions about thridding

What does thridding mean?
Thridding means a riding (administrative division).
What is thridding the present participle and gerund of?
Thridding is the present participle and gerund of thrid.
What part of speech is thridding?
Thridding is a noun.
What is the plural of thridding?
The plural of thridding is thriddings.

Words near thridding in the dictionary

  1. thrid
  2. thridace
  3. thridacium
  4. thridded
  5. thridden
  6. thridding
  7. thriddings
  8. thrids
  9. Thriess
  10. thrifallow
  11. thrift

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