n. 1. A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Elec.) A plate or sheet of lead with perforations, or other irregularities of surface, by which the active material of a secondary battery or accumulator is supported. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. (Electronics) a mesh or coil of fine wire in an electron tube, connected to the circuit so as to regulate the current passing through the tube. [ PJC ]

4. any network of crossing horizontal and vertical lines; -- they are used, for example, as reference coordinates to locate objects or places on a map. [ PJC ]

5. anything resembling a grid{ 4 }, as the Manhattan street grid. See also gridlock. [ PJC ]

6. a network of connected conductors for distributing electrical power, especially one using high-tension lines for wide geographic distribution of power; as, the Northeast power grid. [ PJC ]

7. (Football) the gridiron. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. gredil, gredl, gridel, of Celtic origin; cf. W. greidell, Ir. greideal, greideil, griddle, gridiron, greadaim I burn, scorch. Cf. Gridiron. ] 1. An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake, as of buckwheat or common flour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gride of hatchets fiercely thrown.
On wigwam log, and tree, and stone. Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Grided; p. pr. & vb. n. Griding. ] [ For gird, properly, to strike with a rod. See Yard a measure, and cf. Grid to strike, sneer. ] To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

That through his thigh the mortal steel did gride. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gris de lin gray of flax, flax gray. ] A color mixed of white, and red, or a gray violet. [ Written also gredaline, grizelin. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gredire, gredirne, from the same source as E. griddle, but the ending was confused with E. iron. See Griddle. ] 1. A grated iron utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.

3. (Sport) A football field; -- so called because of the resemblance of the parallel marked yard lines to a gridiron{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

Gridiron pendulum. See under Pendulum. --
Gridiron valve (Steam Engine), a slide valve with several parallel perforations corresponding to openings in the seat on which the valve moves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a lizard having a long tail with black bands (Callisaurus draconoides), which lives in the deserts of the southwestern U. S. and Mexico; called also zebra-tailed lizard. RHUD [ PJC ]