Found 2 items, similar to screed.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: screed screed n 1: a long monotonous harangue 2: a long piece of writing 3: an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete
English → English (gcide) Definition: Screed 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A fragment; a portion; a shred. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] 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. [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]