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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THRID

v.t.To slide through a narrow passage; to slip, shoot or run through, as a needle, bodkin, or the like. Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair.

THRIDDED

pp. Slid through.

THRIDDING

ppr. Sliding through; causing to pass through.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

THRID

THRID Thrid, a.

Defn: Third. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

THRID

Thrid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thridded; p. pr. & vb. n. Thridding. ]Etym: [A variant of thread. ]

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. Pope. And now he thrids the bramble bush. J. R. Drake. I began To thrid the musky-circled mazes. Tennyson.

2. To make or effect (a way or course ) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood.

THRID

THRID Thrid, n.

Defn: Thread; continuous line. [Archaic ] I resume the thrid of my discourse. Dryden.