Gird

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 251

ggrd, n. The stroke of a rod; a severe twitch or pang; a cut, sarcastic remark, gibe. — To strike, gibe. — v. To gibe, sneer, jest scornfully, utter sarcasms. [ME. girden, to strike, pierce, cut, gerde, G. switch.] — Gird'er, n.