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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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