Present participle of gride; the act of grating, scraping, or making harsh grinding sounds.
From 'gride' plus the gerund suffix '-ing,' which transforms verbs into nouns or continuous actions.
The '-ing' form of obsolete words like this reveals something cool: English speakers stopped using 'gride' so completely that you'll never hear someone say they're 'griding' anything in casual conversation today.
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