| Screed | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A fragment; a portion; a shred. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. An harangue; a long tirade on any subject. [ 1913 Webster ] The old carl gae them a screed of doctrine; ye might have heard him a mile down the wind. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] |
