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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.
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2. A fragment; a portion; a shred. [Scot.]
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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.
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2. An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.
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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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