Screed

·noun A fragment; a portion; a shred.

II. Screed ·noun An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.

III. Screed ·noun A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.

IV. Screed ·noun A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.

V. Screed ·noun 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.