About The Word Screed
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Screed
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What's The Definition Of Screed?
[n] a long piece of writing
[n] a long monotonous harangue Synonyms | Synonyms for Screed: Related Terms | Find terms related to Screed: See Also | harangue | piece of writing | rant | ranting | writing | written material Screed In Webster's Dictionary \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.]
\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. |
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