Lexicographical Neighbors of Shreek
Literary usage of Shreek
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"7» SHRIEK, (shreek)».n. To cry out inarticulately with anguish or horrour ; to
scream. SHRIEK, (shreek) ni An inarticulate cry office or jurisdiction of a ..."
2. The Struggles (social, Financial and Political) of Petroleum V. Nasby [pseud by David Ross Locke (1872)
"... Pogram nose and general cast uv countenance to an alarmin degree, and — " Ther
wuz a piercin shreek heard, and Mrs. Pogram was carried out ..."
3. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language by John Walker (1819)
"A mouse of which the bite was generally supposed venom- To SHRIEK, shreek. vn 275.
To cry out ia- SHRIEK,shreek. vn 275. ..."
4. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1800)
"ut occluso stillat ab igro liquor," doth Cupid's fire provoke tears from a true
Lover's eys, } The mighty Mars did oft for Venus shreek, ..."
5. The Lancet (1842)
"A case is recorded in which the sali» arj (fit- charge continued for three weeks.
(Ко*'» Magazin., 23, 578.) See also shreek (quoted by Wibmer, Wirk. d. ..."
6. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"7» SHRIEK, (shreek)».n. To cry out inarticulately with anguish or horrour ; to
scream. SHRIEK, (shreek) ni An inarticulate cry office or jurisdiction of a ..."
7. The Struggles (social, Financial and Political) of Petroleum V. Nasby [pseud by David Ross Locke (1872)
"... Pogram nose and general cast uv countenance to an alarmin degree, and — " Ther
wuz a piercin shreek heard, and Mrs. Pogram was carried out ..."
8. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language by John Walker (1819)
"A mouse of which the bite was generally supposed venom- To SHRIEK, shreek. vn 275.
To cry out ia- SHRIEK,shreek. vn 275. ..."
9. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1800)
"ut occluso stillat ab igro liquor," doth Cupid's fire provoke tears from a true
Lover's eys, } The mighty Mars did oft for Venus shreek, ..."
10. The Lancet (1842)
"A case is recorded in which the sali» arj (fit- charge continued for three weeks.
(Ко*'» Magazin., 23, 578.) See also shreek (quoted by Wibmer, Wirk. d. ..."
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