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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Screed

/(skrēd)/ · IPA /skɹid/
01 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.
  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.(Arch.)
  2. 2.
    A fragment; a portion; a shred.[Scot.]
02 n. A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.
  1. 1.
    A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.
  2. 2.
    An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.
    “The old carl gae them a screed of doctrine; ye might have heard him a mile down the wind.” — Sir W. Scott.