Definition of Shreik

1. shreek [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: shreek

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shreik

shredcook
shreddable
shredded
shredder
shredders
shreddier
shreddies
shredding
shreddy
shredless
shreds
shreek
shreeked
shreeking
shreeks
shreik (current term)
shreiked
shreiking
shreiks
shrew mole
shreward
shrewards
shrewd
shrewder
shrewdest
shrewdie
shrewdies
shrewdish
shrewdly

Literary usage of Shreik

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1902)
"Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shreik the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspire's the pale-ey'd ..."

2. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1908)
"Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shreik the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspire's the pale-ey'd ..."

3. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1906)
"19. Dan'l McMath. 20. Rich'd Noxen. 21. Martin Perry. 22. John Stump, on Com'd Paramus. 23. John shreik. 24. Rich'd Shott, on Com'd Paramus. 25. ..."

4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1803)
"High on yon scroll! inscribed o'er NATURE s shreik, I/ive in bright characters the words divine. ' In life's disastrous scenes to others do, ..."

5. An English Anthology of Prose and Poetry, Shewing the Main Stream of English by Henry John Newbolt (1922)
"Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shreik the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, ..."

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