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screed - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'screed' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Screed [ n.]
- 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.
- A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.
- A fragment; a portion; a shred.
- A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.
- An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.