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screed |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Screed \Screed\ (skr[=e]d), n. [Prov. E., a shred, the border of a cap. See {Shred}.] 1. (Arch.) a A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide. b A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat. 2. A fragment; a portion; a shred. [Scot.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Screed \Screed\, n. [See 1st {Screed}. For sense 2 cf also Gael. sgread an outcry.] 1. A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as martial screeds. 2. An harangue; a long tirade on any subject. The old carl gae them a screed of doctrine; ye might have heard him a mile down the wind. --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: screed n 1: a long monotonous harangue 2: a long piece of writing
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