גְּרִיד, (גרד) [rind, crust, cmp. גָּרָב,] the parched surface of the field, arid land, unbroken or untilled ground.—ימי הג׳ dry season, summer. B. Mets. V, 10.—Ib. חרוש עמי בג׳ plough thou with me in dry ground (in summer), opp. רְבִיעָה.—מקום הג׳ dry ground, opp. מקום הטיט (הטינא) muddy ground. Pes. 55ᵃ; Y. Kil. II, 27ᵈ top; Y. Ḥall. I, 57ᶜ.—M. Kat. 6ᵇ שדה ג׳, opp. מטוננת.—Y. Kil. II, 28ᵃ bot. ג׳ unbroken ground between tilled fields. Gen. R. s. 33, end נעשה כג׳ וכ׳ (the earth, after the flood had subsided) became like hard unbroken ground; they planted but nothing would grow.