verb

• (transitive)
  "I’m glad to be rid of that stupid nickname."
• (transitive)
  "For the nature of the world is ſuch, that if any man rebuke the wickedneſſe thereof any thing ſharply, it ſéekes to rid them out of the way, too the intent it may ſinne the more licentiouſly."
• (transitive)
  "[Y]f there happen a plage of leproſy in any houſe of youre poſſeſſion, then ſhal he that ow[n]eth the houſe, come and tell the preſt, and ſaye: Methynke there is as it were a plage of leproſy in my houſe. Then ſhal the preſt commaunde to rydde all thynge out of the houſe or euer the preſt go in to ſe yͤ plage, leſt all that is in the houſe be made vncleane."
• (transitive)
  "The vvaies […] Trajanius repaired, by paving vvith stone, or raiſing vvith banks caſt up ſuch peeces of them as vvere moiſt and miry; by ſtocking up & ridding ſuch as vvere rough and overgrovven vvith buſhes and briers: […]"

adj

• (archaic or obsolete) Chiefly of a place: which has been ridded (sense 1.4.1) or cleared; rid-up.
  "We will make room for you! We will make a rid road from here to Winchester!"

noun

• (rare) Progress which has been made; also, speed.
  "Forkers are to bee foretolde that they give upp goode forkefulls [of hay], because the winde hath not soe much force and power to blowe it away, and likewise (by this meanes) it is sooner layde, and the loader comes more ridde."
• (mining) Loose earth, rubble, etc., on the surface of a quarry which must be removed before digging can begin; rid-work.

adj

• (postpositive, obsolete) Only in well-rid: of a horse: ridden.
  "[F]ull ten thouſand horſe / Freſh and vvell rid ſtrong Maſſiniſſa leades / As vvinges to Roman legions that march ſvvift / Led by that man of conqueſt, Scipio."