Obs. [Of doubtful origin; perh. f. FOOT sb. + rid f. RID v. Cf. FOOTRILL.] (See quot.)
1665. Dud Dudley, Metallum Martis (1854), 27. Where the Coles is deep and but little Earth upon the measures of Coles, there the Colliers rid off the Earth, and dig the Coles under their feet; these Works are called Foot-rids.
1686. [see FOOT-SILL].
