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Definition of Screed
1. Noun. A long monotonous harangue.
2. Noun. A long piece of writing.
3. Noun. An accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete.
Definition of Screed
1. 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.
2. n. A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.
Definition of Screed
1. Noun. A long discourse or harangue. ¹
2. Noun. A piece of writing. ¹
3. Noun. A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, for producing a smooth, flat surface on, for example, a concrete floor or a plaster wall. ¹
4. Noun. A smooth flat layer of concrete or similar material. ¹
5. Verb. (construction masonry) To produce a smooth flat layer of concrete or similar material. ¹
6. Verb. (construction masonry) To use a screed (tool). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Screed
1. to shred [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: shred
Medical Definition of Screed
1. 1. 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. A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat. 2. A fragment; a portion; a shred. Origin: Prov. E, a shred, the border of a cap. See Shred. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Screed
Literary usage of Screed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1835)
"A screed ON POLITICS. ... a long screed on politics, and in doing so ehall divest
myself of all prejudices either on the one side or the other. ..."
2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
""If I warna säe sick, I wad gie her a screed ó' doctrine. ... The Minister gae
us an unco screed the day ; We had a long and earnest sermon to-day. ..."
3. A Collection of Letters of Thackeray, 1847-1855 by William Makepeace Thackeray, Jane Octavia Brookfield (1887)
"The real truth is now, that there is half an hour before dinner, and I don't know
what to do, unless I write you a screed, to pass away the time. ..."
4. Life and Letters of Henry Lee Higginson by Henry Lee Higginson (1921)
"If you were not the best fellow in the world, I should not bother you with such
a long screed, but I cannot help watching you and Carver and listening to ..."
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