Tī-rāde’, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Fr., from tirer, to draw, Pr., Sp., & Pg. tirada, It. tirata. See TIRE, v. t.]

1. Formerly, in French music, the filling of an interval by the intermediate diatonic notes.
2. Hence, a strain or flight, especially of censure or invective; a series of violent declamation.

Here he delivers a violent tirade against all persons who profess to know any thing about angels. Quarterly Review.