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The Collaborative International Dictionary
jerrid

Djereed \Djer*eed"\or Djerrid \Djer*rid"\, n. [F. djerid, fr. Ar. See Jereed.]

  1. A blunt javelin used in military games in Moslem countries.

  2. A game played with it. [Written also jereed, jerrid, etc.]

Wiktionary
jerrid

n. A blunt spear or javelin.

Usage examples of "jerrid".

At once, a larger creature bearing a pointed iron rod like a jerrid stepped forward: the loremaster.

Whatever, when he set out across Chott el Jerrid the ghosts went with him.

She flung out her sentences like jerrids, trying to strike some point of vulnerability or conscience in Infelice.