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Screed

Screed, n.

noun

[Cf. Prov. Eng. screed, a shred, the border of a cap; A-S. screede, a shred, leaf. See SHRED.] (Arch.) (a.) A wooden rule for running moldings. (b.) An extreme guide on the margins of walls and ceilings for floating to, by the aid of the rules. Brande.

Screed, n.

noun

n. [A-S. screadian, to separate or break off; Gael. scread, an outcry.]

A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds. Burns.
An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.

The old carle gae them a screed of doctrine; ye might have heard him a mile down the wind. W. Scott.