Screed

[skri:d]

(noun.) an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete.

(noun.) a long piece of writing.

(noun.) a long monotonous harangue.

Typed by Claus--From WordNet

(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.

(n.) A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.

(n.) A fragment; a portion; a shred.

(n.) A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.

(n.) An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.

Inputed by Kelly

n. [Scottish.] [1]. Cry, outcry, shrill sound.[2]. Harangue, tirade.

Typed by Jared

n. a piece torn off: a shred: a long tirade: (Scot.) a strip of mortar: a rent a tear.—v.t. to repeat glibly.

Typed by Annette

Typist: Ora