- 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.