Screed

Definition of Screed

Pronunciation: skrēd

n.	1.	(Arch.) 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.
	2.	A fragment; a portion; a shred.
	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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