screed

Noun

  1. a long monotonous harangue

  2. a long piece of writing

  3. ::an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete::

==English==
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rfi%7Cen

===Pronunciation===
* IPA%7Cen%7C/sk%C9%B9i%CB%90d/%7Ca%3DRP%2CIreland
* audio%7Cen%7CLL-Q1860%20%28eng%29-I%20learned%20some%20phrases-screed.wav%7Ca%3DRP
* IPA%7Cen%7C/sk%C9%B9id/%7Ca%3DGA%2CScotland
* rhymes%7Cen%7Ci%CB%90d%7Cs%3D1

===Etymology 1===
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From inh%7Cen%7Cenm%7Cscredenb...%7Cscreade%20%28Kent%29%7Cotherforms%3D1, a variant of m%7Cenm%7Cshrede%7Ct%3Dfragment%2C%20scrap%3B%20strip%20of%20cloth%3B%20strip%20cut%20off%20from%20a%20larger%20piece%3B%20band%20or%20thread%20woven%20into%20fabric%3B%20element%2C%20streak (whence m%7Cen%7Cshred%7Cpos%3Dnoun),<ref name="MED">R%3AMED%20Online%7Centry%3Dshr%C4%93de%7Cpos%3Dn%7Cid%3DMED40099</ref><ref>R%3AOED%20Online%7Cpos%3D%27%27n.%27%27%7B%7Bsup%7C1|noformat=1|id=173431|date=March 2017|nodot=1}}; R%3ALexico%7Cpos%3Dn</ref> from inh%7Cen%7Cang%7Cs%C4%8Br%C4%93ad, m%7Cang%7Cs%C4%8Br%C4%93ade%7Ct%3Da%20piece%20cut%20off%3B%20paring%2C%20shred, from inh%7Cen%7Cgem-pro%7C%2Askraud%C5%8D%7Ct%3Da%20piece%2C%20shred%3B%20a%20cut%2C%20crack, from m%7Cgem-pro%7C%2Askraudan%C4%85%7Ct%3Dto%20cut%20up%2C%20shred, from der%7Cen%7Cine-pro%7C%2A%28s%29ker-%7Ct%3Dto%20cut%20off. The English word is cognate with cog%7Cofs%7Cskr%C4%93d.<ref name="MED"/> doublet%7Cen%7Cescrow%7Cscroll%7Cshred.

====Noun====
en-noun
# A piece of [[writing#Noun|writing]] (such as an [[article]], [[letter#Noun|letter]], or [[list#Noun|list]]) or a [[speech]], especially if [[long#Adjective|long]].
#* RQ%3AScott%20Tales%20of%20My%20Landlord%201%7Cvolume%3DIII%7Cchapter%3DI%7Cpage%3D9%7Cpassage%3DEh%2C%20Mr%20Henry%21%20but%20the%20%5B%5Bcarle%5D%5D%20gae%20him%20a%20%27%27%27screed%27%27%27%20o%27%20doctrine%21%20Ye%20might%20hae%20heard%20him%20a%20mile%20down%20the%20wind%E2%80%94He%20routed%20like%20a%20cow%20in%20a%20fremd%20loaning.
#* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3Dw%3APierre%20Choderlos%20de%20Laclos%7Cchapter%3DThe%20Marquise%20de%20Merteuil%20to%20the%20Vicomte%20de%20Valmont%3A%2012%20August%2017%E2%80%94%E2%80%94%7Ctranslator%3DDouglas%20Parm%C3%A9e%7Ctitle%3Dw%3ALes%20Liaisons%20dangereuses%7Cseries%3D%5B%5Bw%3AOxford%20World%27s%20Classics%7COxford%20World%E2%80%99s%20Classics%5D%5D%7Clocation%3DOxford%2C%20Oxfordshire%7Cpublisher%3Dw%3AOxford%20University%20Press%7Cyear%3D1995%7Csection%3Dpart%20I%7Cpage%3D29%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3DNX25Ij98gl0C%26pg%3DPA29%7Cisbn%3D978-0-19-283867-4%7Cpassage%3DI%20see%20it%27s%20three%20o%27clock%20in%20the%20morning%20and%20I%27ve%20written%20whole%20%27%27%27screeds%27%27%27%20when%20I%20only%20intended%20to%20write%20a%20short%20note%21
# lb%7Cen%7Cby%20extension A speech or piece of writing which contains [[angry]] and [[extended#Adjective|extended]] [[criticism]]. defdate%7Cfrom%20late%2018th%20c.
#: synonyms%7Cen%7Charangue%7Cpolemic%7Crant%7Ctirade%7Cdiatribe%7CThesaurus%3Adiatribe
#* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3DPatrick%20Francis%20Quinn%7Cchapter%3DPierre%7Ctitle%3DThe%20Fatalism%20of%20Herman%20Melville%7Cseries%3Dunpublished%20B.A.%20and%20M.A.%20dissertation%7Clocation%3DMadison%2C%20Wis.%7Cpublisher%3D%5B%5Bw%3AUniversity%20of%20Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison%7CUniversity%20of%20Wisconsin%5D%5D%7Cyear%3D1939%7Cpage%3D76%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3Ddo9GAAAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA76%7Coclc%3D60346146%7Cpassage%3DWhen%20he%20%26%2391%3B%7B%7Bw%7CHerman%20Melville&#93; had finished the first part of his novel [''w%7CPierre%3B%20or%2C%20The%20Ambiguities''], and printed it, the publishers would have nothing to do with it. They claimed they had been deluded into accepting a villainous and blasphemous '''screed''' against religion and morality and all right living.}}
#* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3DMarcellus%20Andrews%7Cchapter%3DA%20Preface%20in%20Three%20Parts%3A%20Economics%20as%20a%20Razor%7Ctitle%3DThe%20Political%20Economy%20of%20Hope%20and%20Fear%3A%20Capitalism%20and%20the%20Black%20Condition%20in%20America%7Clocation%3DNew%20York%2C%20N.Y.%3B%20London%7Cpublisher%3Dw%3ANew%20York%20University%20Press%7Cyear%3D1999%7Cpage%3D5%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3DuwaJ7O_RMPgC%26pg%3DPA5%7Cisbn%3D978-0-8147-0679-4%7Cpassage%3DOne%20of%20our%20primary%20tasks%20is%20to%20replace%20racist%20%27%27%27screeds%27%27%27%20like%20%27%27The%20Bell%20Curve%27%27%20and%20%27%27The%20End%20of%20Racism%27%27%20with%20sound%20economic%20arguments%20that%20are%20relatively%20simple%20to%20understand%20and%20yet%20serious%20enough%20to%20encompass%20divergent%20points%20of%20view.
#* quote-journal%7Cen%7Cauthor%3DPaul%20Rees%7Ctitle%3D%E2%80%98We%20got%20off%20the%20coach%20and%20the%20National%20Front%20was%20there%26nbsp%3B%E2%80%A6%20People%20spat%20at%20us%E2%80%99%7Carchiveurl%3Dhttps%3A//web.archive.org/web/20200217110844/https%3A//www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/25/west-brom-three-degrees-book-extract%7Carchivedate%3D17%20February%202020%7Ceditor%3Dw%3AAlan%20Rusbridger%7Cnewspaper%3Dw%3AThe%20Guardian%7Clocation%3DLondon%7Cpublisher%3D%5B%5Bw%3AGuardian%20Media%20Group%7CGuardian%20News%20%26%20Media%5D%5D%7Cdate%3D25%20July%202014%7Cissn%3D0261-3077%7Coclc%3D229952407%7Cpassage%3DOne%20of%20the%20more%20regular%20correspondents%20to%20the%20club%20was%20an%20%5B%5Bw%3AEverton%20F.C.%7CEverton%5D%5D%20fan%2C%20who%27d%20send%20in%20an%20abusive%20%27%27%27screed%27%27%27%20each%20time%20%5B%5Bw%3AWest%20Bromwich%20Albion%20F.C.%7CAlbion%5D%5D%20were%20due%20to%20play%20on%20Merseyside.%20He%20directed%20this%20at%20%5B%5Bw%3ARon%20Atkinson%7C%5BRon%5D%20Atkinson%5D%5D%2C%20urging%20him%20not%20to%20select%20his%20%22monkeys%22%20for%20the%20game.
# ''Chiefly in the plural form'' '''l%7Cen%7Cscreeds''': a [[large]] [[quantity]].
#* quote-journal%7Cen%7Cjournal%3D%5B%5Bw%3AMean%20Machines%7CMean%20Machines%20Sega%5D%5D%7Cissue%3D30%7Cmonth%3DApril%7Cyear%3D1995%7Cpage%3D13%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//archive.org/details/mean-machines-sega-magazine-30/page/n12/mode/1up%7Cpassage%3DIt%20uses%20a%20lot%20of%20footage%20of%20Japanese%20actors%2C%20and%20%27%27%27screeds%27%27%27%20of%20character%20text%2C%20making%20it%20unlikely%20to%20see%20a%20European%20release.
#* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3Dw%3AAdam%20Kilgarriff%7Cchapter%3DWeb%20as%20Corpus%7Ceditors%3Dw%3AGeoffrey%20Sampson%3B%20Diana%20McCarthy%7Ctitle%3DCorpus%20Linguistics%3A%20Readings%20in%20a%20Widening%20Discipline%7Clocation%3DLondon%3B%20New%20York%2C%20N.Y.%7Cpublisher%3D%5B%5Bw%3AContinuum%20International%20Publishing%20Group%7CContinuum%5D%5D%7Cyear%3D2001%7Cyear_published%3D2005%7Cpage%3D471%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3DPTf_AwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA471%7Cisbn%3D978-1-4411-3937-5%7Cpassage%3DCompared%20to%20LOB%20%5Bthe%20Lancaster-Oslo-Bergen%20Corpus%5D%2C%20the%20BNC%20%5BBritish%20National%20Corpus%5D%20is%20an%20anarchic%20object%2C%20containing%20%27texts%27%20from%2025%20to%20250%2C000%20words%20long%2C%20%27%27%27screeds%27%27%27%20of%20painfully%20formulaic%20entries%20from%20the%20%27%27Dictionary%20of%20National%20Biography%27%27%2C%20conversations%20monosyllabic%20and%20incoherent%2C%20sermons%2C%20pornography%2C%20and%20the%20electronic%20discourse%20of%20the%20Leeds%20United%20Football%20Club%20Fan%20Club.
# senseid%7Cen%7Ctoollb%7Cen%7Cconstruction%7Cmasonry non-gloss%7CSenses%20relating%20to%20%5B%5Bbuilding%23Noun%7Cbuilding%5D%5D%20construction%20and%20masonry.
## A [[tool#Noun|tool]], usually a long strip of [[wood]] or other [[material#Noun|material]], placed on a [[floor#Noun|floor]] to be [[cover#Verb|covered]] with [[concrete#Noun|concrete]], a [[wall#Noun|wall]] to be [[plaster#Verb|plastered]], etc., as a [[guide#Noun|guide]] for [[produce#Verb|producing]] a [[smooth#Adjective|smooth]], [[flat#Adjective|flat]] [[surface#Noun|surface]].
##* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3Dw%3AJames%20Gallier%7Cchapter%3DOf%20Oil%20Mastic%7Ctitle%3DThe%20American%20Builder%E2%80%99s%20General%20Price%20Book%20and%20Estimator%2C%7B%7Bnb...%7Cnow%20First%20Published%2C%20to%20Elucidate%20the%20Principles%20of%20Ascertaining%20the%20Correct%20Value%20of%20Every%20Description%20of%20Artificers%E2%80%99%20Work%20Required%20in%20Building%2C%20from%20the%20Prime%20Cost%20of%20Materials%20and%20Labour%20in%20any%20Part%20of%20the%20United%20States%2C%20Deduced%20from%20Extensive%20Experience%20in%20the%20Art%20of%20Building%2C%20to%20which%20are%20Added%2C%20a%20Variety%20of%20Useful%20Tables%2C%20Memorandums%2C%20%26c.|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=...%7CSold%20by [[w:Minard Lafever|[Minard] Lafever]] and [James] Gallier,nb...%7Carchitects%2C%20Clinton%20Hall%3B Stanley & Co.,nb...%7Cpublishers%2C%20418%2C%20Broadway%3B%20and%2050%2C%20Canal-Street%3B%20and%20of%20all%20respective%20booksellers%20in%20New-York%2C%20Philadelphia%2C%20and%20Boston.|year=1833|page=42|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=bwlAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA42|oclc=166596565|passage=When applied to large surfaces, strips or '''screeds''' of wood should be fixed to float from; and when the plain surface is formed, it is finished with the handfloat.}}
##* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3Dw%3AMinard%20Lafever%7Cchapter%3DPlastering%7Ctitle%3DThe%20Modern%20Builders%E2%80%99%20Guide%7Cedition%3D2nd%7Clocation%3DNew%20York%2C%20N.Y.%7Cpublisher%3DWilliam%20D.%20Smith%7Cyear%3D1841%7Cpage%3D104%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3D7Ko6AQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA104%7Coclc%3D318395722%7Cpassage%3DThe%20term%20%27%27%27%7B%7Bsmallcaps%7CScreed''', in plastering, is a stile formed of lime and hair, about seven or eight inches wide, gauged exactly true. In floated-work these '''screed''' are made at every three or four feet distance, vertically round a room, and are prepared perfectly straight by applying the straight-edge to them to make them so; and when all the '''screeds''' are formed, the parts between them are filled up flush with lime and hair, or ''stuff'', and made even with the face of the '''screeds'''. The straight-edge is then worked horizontally upon the '''screeds''', to take off all superfluous ''stuff''.}}
##* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3DRobert%20Matthews%7Cchapter%3DPlastering%7Ctitle%3DPractical%20House%20Building%3A%20A%20Manual%20for%20the%20Selfbuilder%7Clocation%3DLeicester%2C%20Leicestershire%7Cpublisher%3DBlackberry%20Books%7Cyear%3D1991%7Cyear_published%3D1998%7Cpage%3D77%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3DuFipjftc0TIC%26pg%3DPA77%7Ccolumn%3D1%7Cisbn%3D978-0-9515295-1-5%7Cpassage%3DThe%20use%20of%20timber%20battens%20as%20%27%27%27screeds%27%27%27%20makes%20it%20easy%20to%20get%20the%20floating%20coat%20flat.%20Getting%20a%20blemish-free%20skim%20coat%20is%20more%20difficult.
## A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is [[draw#Verb|drawn]] over a [[wet#Adjective|wet]] [[layer#Noun|layer]] of concrete, plaster, etc., to [[make#Verb|make]] it smooth and flat; also, a [[machine#Noun|machine]] that [[achieve]]s this [[effect#Noun|effect]]; a [[screeder]].
##: synonyms%7Cen%7Cstrickle
##* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3DT.%20W.%20Love%7Cchapter%3DFinishing%20Concrete%7Ctitle%3DConstruction%20Manual%3A%20Concrete%20%26%20Formwork%7Clocation%3DCarlsbag%2C%20Calif.%7Cpublisher%3Dw%3ACraftsman%20Book%20Company%7Cyear%3D1973%7Cyear_published%3D2001%7Cpage%3D129%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3DlEEcfpqSXPoC%26pg%3DPA129%7Cisbn%3D978-0-910460-03-3%7Cpassage%3DThe%20%27%27%27screeds%27%27%27%20and%20vibrator%20on%20the%20machine%20finisher%20are%20set%20to%20give%20the%20proper%20surface%20elevation%20and%20produce%20a%20dense%20concrete.%20In%20most%20cases%2C%20there%20should%20be%20a%20sufficiently%20thick%20layer%20of%20mortar%20ahead%20of%20the%20%27%27%27screed%27%27%27%20to%20insure%20that%20all%20low%20spots%20will%20be%20filled.%20The%20vibrator%20follows%20the%20front%20%27%27%27screed%27%27%27%20and%20the%20rear%20%27%27%27screed%27%27%27%20is%20last.%20The%20rear%20%27%27%27screed%27%27%27%20should%20be%20adjusted%20to%20carry%20enough%20grout%20ahead%20of%20it%20to%20insure%20continuous%20contact%20between%20%27%27%27screed%27%27%27%20and%20pavement.
## A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if [[act#Verb|acting]] as a [[base#Noun|base]] for [[paving stone]]s, [[tile#Noun|tiles]], [[wooden]] [[plank#Noun|planks]], etc.
##* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3DJohn%20Nicholson%7Cchapter%3DPlastering%7Ctitle%3DThe%20Builder%E2%80%99s%20Practical%20Guide%3A%20Containing%20a%20Complete%20Explanation%20of%20the%20Principles%20of%20Science%2C%20as%20Applied%20to%20Every%20Branch%20of%20Building%3A%7B%7Bnb...%7CComprising%20an%20Entire%20Course%20of%20Instruction%20for%20Masons%2C%20Bricklayers%2C%20Carpenters%2C%20Joiners%2C%20Plasterers%2C%20Slaters%2C%20Plumbers%2C%20Glaziers%2C%20and%20Painters%3B%20including%20the%20Customary%20Methods%20of%20Estimating%2C%20Measuring%2C%20and%20Charging%3B%20with%20Tables.%20To%20which%20is%20Added%20an%20Appendix%2C%20Containing%20an%20Easy%20and%20Complete%20Introduction%20to%20the%20Scientific%20Principles%20of%20Geometry%20and%20Mensuration%2C%20so%20far%20as%20Those%20Sciences%20are%20Applicable%20to%20the%20Useful%20Arts.|location=London|publisher=...%7CPrinted%20for Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper,nb...%7CPaternoster-Row.|year=1830|page=615|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=wTM9ggFv-k8C&pg=PA615|oclc=78047284|passage=[T]wo workmen, provided with a tub of putty and a quantity of plaster of Paris, proceed to run the cornice. Before using the mould, they gauge a '''screed''' of putty and plaster upon the wall and ceiling, covering so much of each as will correspond with the top and bottom of the intended cornice. On this '''screed''' one or two slight deal straight-edges, adapted to as many notches or chases made in the mould for it to work upon, are nailed.}}
##* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3Dw%3AWarwick%20Rodwell%7Cchapter%3DThe%20Archaeology%20of%20Church%20and%20Cathedral%20Floors%7Ceditor%3Dw%3AJane%20Fawcett%7Ctitle%3DHistoric%20Floors%3A%20Their%20Care%20and%20Conservation%7Cseries%3DButterworth-Heinemann%20Series%20in%20Conservation%20and%20Museology%7Cedition%3Dpaperback%7Clocation%3DOxford%2C%20Oxfordshire%3B%20Woburn%2C%20Mass.%7Cpublisher%3Dw%3AButterworth-Heinemann%7Cyear%3D1998%7Cyear_published%3D2001%7Csection%3Dsection%202.1.1%20%28Materials%20and%20Laying%20Techniques%29%7Cpage%3D41%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.comg/books?id%3DoBUybpc-SwsC%26pg%3DPA41%7Ccolumn%3D2%7Cisbn%3D978-0-7506-2765-8%7Cpassage%3DA%20few%20early%20churches%20were%20floored%20with%20a%20%27%27%27screed%27%27%27%20of%20weak%20concrete%2C%20after%20the%20Roman%20fashion%2C%20the%20ingredients%20being%20lime%20mortar%20and%20crushed%20brick%20%28%27%27opus%20signinum%27%27%29.
##* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3DChris%20de%20Jager%7Cchapter%3DFinishing%7Ctitle%3DBuilding%20and%20Civil%20Technology%20N3%7Clocation%3DCape%20Town%2C%20South%20Africa%7Cpublisher%3D%5B%5Bw%3APearson%20plc%7CMaskew%20Miller%20Longman%5D%5D%7Cyear%3D1999%7Cyear_published%3D2007%7Csection%3Dsection%2010.1%20%28Floors%29%7Cpage%3D196%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3DoJTqoUy3iisC%26%3Dpg%3DPP206%7Cisbn%3D978-0-636-04178-3%7Cpassage%3DNowadays%20they%20%5BPVC%20tiles%5D%20are%20manufactured%20with%20a%20backing%20that%20is%20coated%20with%20an%20adhesive%20%28peel%20and%20stick%29%20so%20that%20they%20may%20be%20laid%20straight%20onto%20a%20slurry-finished%20granolithic%20%27%27%27screed%27%27%27.
# lb%7Cen%7Cchiefly%7CIreland%7CNewfoundland%7CScotland%7Cdated A [[piece#Noun|piece]] or [[narrow#Adjective|narrow]] [[strip#Noun|strip]] [[cut#Verb|cut]] or [[tear#Verb|torn]] off from a larger [[whole#Noun|whole]]; a [[shred#Noun|shred]]. defdate%7Cfrom%20mid%2014th%20c.
#: synonyms%7Cen%7Cscrid
#* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3Dw%3AWilliam%20David%20Evans%7Cchapter%3DLetter%20I%7Ctitle%3DLetters%20on%20the%20Legal%20Disabilities%20of%20Roman%20Catholics%20and%20Dissenters%3B%20and%20on%20the%20Dangers%20Apprehended%20from%20Their%20Removal%7Clocation%3DLondon%7Cpublisher%3D%7B%7B...%7CPrinted%20for J. Ridgeway,nb...%7C179%2C%20Piccadilly.|year=1813|page=13|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=69wyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA13|oclc=611172581|passage="Weel done!" cried Mrs. Smith. "I trow ye gae her a '''screed''' o' your mind!"}}
#* quote-journal%7Cen%7Ctitle%3DA%20Summer%20Morning%7Cmagazine%3D%5B%5Bw%3AThe%20New%20Monthly%20Magazine%7CThe%20New%20Monthly%20Magazine%20and%20Literary%20Journal%5D%5D%7Clocation%3DLondon%7Cpublisher%3D%7B%7B...%7CPrinted%20for w%7CHenry%20Colburnnb...%7CNew%20Burlington%20Street.|year=1824|volume=XI|issue=XLVII|page=472|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=SzQaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA472|oclc=7489271|passage=The housewife hastens in the gleaming sun, / With watering-pan to sprinkle when it needs / The bleaching cloth which her own fingers spun, / Stretch'd on the orchard sward in whitening '''screeds'''; [...]}}
#* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3DMordecai%20Mullion%20%5Bpseudonym%3B%20%5B%5Bw%3AJohn%20Wilson%20%28Scottish%20writer%29%7CJohn%20Wilson%5D%5D%5D%7Ctitle%3DSome%20Illustrations%20of%20Mr%20%5B%5Bw%3AJohn%20Ramsay%20McCulloch%7C%5BJohn%20Ramsay%5D%20M%E2%80%98Culloch%5D%5D%E2%80%99s%20Principles%20of%20Political%20Economy%7Clocation%3DEdinburgh%7Cpublisher%3D%5B%5Bw%3ABlackwood%20%28publishing%20house%29%7CWilliam%20Blackwood%5D%5D%3B%20London%3A%20%5B%5Bw%3AThomas%20Cadell%20%28publisher%29%7CT%5Bhomas%5D%20Cadell%5D%5D%7Cyear%3D1826%7Cpage%3D39%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3DP_M9AAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA39%7Coclc%3D13611059%7Cpassage%3DNo%20sooner%20had%20we%20clapped%20eyes%20on%20the%20Leading%20Article%2C%20than%2C%20as%20usual%2C%20we%20recognized%20an%20old%20acquaintance.%20It%20is%20made%20up%20of%20alternate%20scraps%20and%20%27%27%27screeds%27%27%27%20from%20old%20numbers%20of%20the%20Review%E2%80%94the%20Supplement%20to%20the%20Encyclop%C3%A6dia%20Britannica%2C%20and%20the%20Scotsman%20newspaper%21
# lb%7Cen%7Cchiefly%7Cregional%7C_%7CBritain%7CScotland%7Cdated A piece of [[land#Noun|land]], especially one that is narrow.
#* quote-book%7Cen%7Ctitle%3DAn%20Act%20for%20Dividing%2C%20Allotting%2C%20Inclosing%2C%20Draining%2C%20and%20Improving%20the%20Commons%20and%20Waste%20Grounds%2C%20within%20the%20Several%20Parishes%20of%20Epworth%2C%20Haxey%2C%20Belton%2C%20and%20Owston%2C%20in%20the%20Isle%20of%20Axholme%2C%20in%20the%20County%20of%20Lincoln%3B%7B%7Bnb...%7Cand%20also%20for%20Making%20a%20Compensation%20for%20the%20Tythes%20Arising%20from%20the%20Said%20Commons%2C%20and%20from%20Certain%20Other%20Lands%20within%20the%20Said%20Parishes.|series=35 [[w:George III of the United Kingdom|George III]], chapter 107|location=[London]|publisher=&lbrack;w%7CParliament%20of%20Great%20Britain&rbrack;|year=[1795]|pages=25–26|pageurl=https://books.google.com?books?id=CZYseHUAh7gC&pg=PA25|oclc=316776953|passage=And it be further Enacted, That in all Caſes where any of the Lands and Grounds by this Act intended to be divided and incloſed ſhall adjoin on any Freeboard, '''Screed''', or Parcel of Land left on the Outſide of the Fences of any adjoining Pariſh, Townſhip, or Place, which ſhall run into any of the Lands intended to be incloſed by virtue of this Act, ſuch Freeboard, '''Screed''', or Parcel of Land ſhall be deemed and taken to be Parcel of the Lands hereby directed to be divided and incloſed, [...]}}
# lb%7Cen%7Cchiefly%7CNorthern%20England%7CNorthern%20Ireland%7CScotland%7Cdated A [[rent#Noun|rent]], a [[tear#Noun|tear]].
#: synonyms%7Cen%7Ccut%7Crip
#* RQ%3ABurns%20Poems%7Cpoem%3DTo%20W.%20S%2A%2A%2A%2A%2An%2C%20Ochiltree.%20May%E2%80%941785%7Cpage%3D209%7Cpassage%3DYet%20when%20a%20tale%20comes%20i%27%20my%20head%2C%20/%20Or%20la%C5%BF%C5%BFes%20gie%20my%20heart%20a%20%27%27%27%C5%BFcreed%27%27%27%2C%20/%20As%20whiles%20they%27re%20like%20to%20be%20my%20dead%2C%20/%20%28O%20%C5%BFad%20di%C5%BFea%C5%BFe%21%29%20/%20I%20kittle%20up%20my%20%27%27ru%C5%BFtic%20reed%27%27%3B%20/%20It%20gies%20me%20ease.

=====Derived terms=====
* l%7Cen%7Cfloating%20screed

=====Related terms=====
* l%7Cen%7Cshred

=====Translations=====
trans-top%7Cpiece%20of%20writing%20or%20speech%2C%20especially%20if%20long
* Bulgarian: t%2B%7Cbg%7C%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%7Cm
* Finnish: t%2B%7Cfi%7Cteksti, t%2B%7Cfi%7Cvuodatus
* Polish: t%2B%7Cpl%7Cchryja%7Cf, t%2B%7Cpl%7Celaborat%7Cm
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trans-top-also%7Cspeech%20or%20piece%20of%20writing%20which%20contains%20angry%20and%20extended%20criticism%7Cdiatribe%7Charangue
* Dutch: t%2B%7Cnl%7Clitanie%7Cf
* Esperanto: t%7Ceo%7Cparolada%C4%89o
* Finnish: t%2B%7Cfi%7Carvostelu, t%2B%7Cfi%7Cpalopuhe
* French: t%2B%7Cfr%7Cdiatribe%7Cf, t%2B%7Cfr%7Charangue%7Cf, t%2B%7Cfr%7Clitanie%7Cf, t%2B%7Cfr%7Ctirade%7Cf
* German: t%2B%7Cde%7CPamphlet%7Cn, t%2B%7Cde%7CSchm%C3%A4hschrift%7Cf, t%2B%7Cde%7CTirade%7Cf
* Italian: t%2B%7Cit%7Cpanegirico%7Cm
* Polish: t%2B%7Cpl%7Cperora%7Cf, t%2B%7Cpl%7Ctyrada%7Cf
* Spanish: t%2B%7Ces%7Ccatilinaria%7Cf, t%2B%7Ces%7Cdiatriba%7Cf, t%2B%7Ces%7Cfil%C3%ADpica%7Cf
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trans-top%7Ctool%20used%20as%20a%20guide%20for%20producing%20a%20smooth%2C%20flat%20surface
* Bulgarian: t%2B%7Cbg%7C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0%7Cf
* Finnish: t%7Cfi%7Ctasoituspalkki
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trans-top%7Ctool%20drawn%20over%20a%20wet%20layer%20to%20make%20it%20smooth%20and%20flat%3B%20machine%20that%20achieves%20this%20effect
* Cebuano: t%7Cceb%7Ckalis
* Dutch: t%2B%7Cnl%7Cstrijkstok%7Cm
* Finnish: t%7Cfi%7Ctasoitin
* German: t%7Cde%7CAbziehlatte%7Cf, t%2B%7Cde%7CKart%C3%A4tsche%7Cf
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trans-top%7Csmooth%2C%20flat%20layer%20of%20concrete%2C%20plaster%2C%20or%20similar%20material
* Bulgarian: t%7Cbg%7C%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B0%7Cf
* Dutch: t%2B%7Cnl%7Czandcementvloer%7Cm
* Esperanto: t%7Ceo%7Csubplanko
* Finnish: t%7Cfi%7Clattialaasti
* French: t%2B%7Cfr%7Cchape%7Cf
* German: t%2B%7Cde%7CEstrich%7Cm
* Italian: t%2B%7Cit%7Cmassetto%7Cm
* Polish: t%7Cpl%7Cjastrych, t%7Cpl%7C%5B%5Bpodk%C5%82ad%5D%5D%20%5B%5Bpod%C5%82ogowy%5D%5D%7Cm, t%7Cpl%7Cszlichta, t%2B%7Cpl%7Castrych%7Cm qualifier%7Carchaic
* Portuguese: t%7Cpt%7Ccontrapiso%7Cm
* Russian: t%7Cru%7C%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8F%CC%81%D0%B6%D0%BA%D0%B0%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%CC%81%D0%BB%D0%B0
* Spanish: t%2B%7Ces%7Closa%7Cf, t%7Ces%7Ccontrapiso%7Cm
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===Etymology 2===
From inh%7Cen%7Cenm%7Cscrede, Early inh%7Cen%7Cenm%7Cscreda, a variant of m%7Cenm%7Cshreden, m%7Cenm%7Cshrede%7Ct%3Dto%20chop%2C%20cut%20up%2C%20hack%3B%20to%20cut%20to%20shape%3B%20to%20maim%2C%20wound%3B%20to%20prune%2C%20trimnb...%7Cscradien%2C%20shr%C3%A6denn%2C%20shred%2C%20shredde%7Cotherforms%3D1 (whence m%7Cen%7Cshred%7Cpos%3Dverb),<ref>R%3AMED%20Online%7Centry%3Dshr%C4%93den%7Cpos%3Dv%7Cid%3DMED40100</ref> from inh%7Cen%7Cang%7Cscr%C4%93adian%7Ct%3Dto%20cut%20up%2C%20shred%3B%20to%20cut%20off%2C%20prune, from inh%7Cen%7Cgem-pro%7C%2Askraudan%C4%85%7Ct%3Dto%20cut%20up%2C%20shred, see further at [[#Etymology 1|etymology 1]]; later uses are derived from the glossary%7Cnoun ''screed''.<ref>R%3AOED%20Online%7Cpos%3D%27%27v.%27%27%7B%7Bsup%7C1|noformat=1|id=173432|date=March 2017|nodot=1}}; R%3ALexico%7Cpos%3Dv</ref>

====Verb====
en-verb

# lb%7Cen%7Ctransitive%7Cchiefly%7CNorthern%20England%7CNorthern%20Ireland%7CScotland%7Cdated To [[rend]], to [[shred#Verb|shred]], to [[tear#Verb|tear]].
#: synonyms%7Cen%7Ccut%7Crip
#* quote-journal%7Cen%7Ctitle%3DBeyond%20Breakers%7Cmagazine%3D%5B%5Bw%3ALippincott%27s%20Monthly%20Magazine%7CLippincott%E2%80%99s%20Magazine%20of%20Literature%2C%20Science%20and%20Education%5D%5D%7Clocation%3DPhiladelphia%2C%20Pa.%7Cpublisher%3D%5B%5Bw%3AJ.%20B.%20Lippincott%20%26%20Co.%7CJ%5Boshua%5D%20B%5Ballinger%5D%20Lippincott%20and%20Co.%5D%5D%7Cmonth%3DOctober%7Cyear%3D1869%7Cvolume%3DIV%7Csection%3Dchapter%20XXXIV%20%28For%20Life%29%7Cpage%3D413%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3D9MhGAQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA413%7Ccolumn%3D1%7Coclc%3D7405516%7Cpassage%3DIt%27s%20no%20very%20like%20the%20land%20o%27%20the%20leal%20here%E2%80%94d%27ye%20think%20it%20is?%E2%80%94wi%27%20this%20cauld%20soakit%20sand%20anaith%20ye%2C%20and%20you%20in%20thae%20%27%27%27screeded%27%27%27%20duds%2C%20and%20us%20twa%20in%20our%20sark%20sleeves.%20%5B%27%27Footnote%27%27%3A%20%27%27Land%20o%27%20the%20leal%27%27%2C%20land%20of%20the%20faithful%E2%80%94heaven.%20%27%27Screeded%20duds%27%27%2C%20torn%20rags.%20%27%27Sark%20sleeves%27%27%2C%20shirt%20sleeves.%5D%7Cfooter%3D%7B%7Bsmall%7CA%20use%20of%20the%20word%20as%20an%20adjective.}}
# lb%7Cen%7Ctransitive%7CScotland%7Calso%7Cfigurative%7Cdated To [[read#Verb|read]] or [[repeat#Verb|repeat]] from [[memory]] [[fluently]] or [[glibly]]; to [[reel off]].
#* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3Dw%3ARobert%20Burns%7Cchapter%3DThe%20Inventory.%20In%20Answer%20to%20a%20Mandate%20by%20the%20Surveyor%20of%20the%20Taxes.%7Ctitle%3DPoems%20Ascribed%20to%20Robert%20Burns%2C%20the%20Ayrshire%20Bard%2C%7B%7Bnb...%7CNot%20Contained%20in%20any%20Edition%20of%20His%20Works%20hitherto%20Published.|location=Glasgow|publisher=...%7CPrinted%20by Chapman & Lang, for Thomas Stewart,nb...%7Cbookseller%20and%20stationer.|year=1801|page=48|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUsJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA48|oclc=1003889846|passage=He'll '''ſcreed''' you aff [[effectual calling|Effectual Calling]], / As faſt as ony in the dwalling.— [...]}}
#* RQ%3ANicoll%20Poems%7Cpoem%3DThe%20Auld%20Beggar%20Man%7Cpage%3D11%7Cpassage%3D%5B%5Bsyne%23Scots%7CSyne%5D%5D%20the%20hale%20%5B%5Bkintra%5D%5D%27s%20clashes%20he%20%27%27%27screeds%27%27%27%20them%20aff%20han%27%E2%80%94%20/%20He%27s%20a%20gabbin%27%20bit%20birkie%2C%20the%20Auld%20Beggar%20Man.
# lb%7Cen%7Ctransitive%7Cconstruction%7Cmasonry To [[use#Verb|use]] a l%7Cen%7Cscreed%7Cid%3Dtool to [[produce#Verb|produce]] a [[smooth#Adjective|smooth]], [[flat#Adjective|flat]] [[surface#Noun|surface]] of [[concrete#Noun|concrete]], [[plaster#Noun|plaster]], or similar [[material#Noun|material]]; also lb%7Cen%7Cgenerally to [[put#Verb|put]] down a [[layer#Noun|layer]] of concrete, plaster, etc.
#* quote-journal%7Cen%7Ctitle%3DRebuilding%20a%20Section%20of%20Street%20Railway%20at%20Milwaukee%7Ceditor%3DFrank%20C.%20Wright%7Cmagazine%3Dw%3AEngineering%20News-Record%7Clocation%3DNew%20York%2C%20N.Y.%7Cpublisher%3D%5B%5Bw%3AS%26P%20Global%7CMcGraw-Hill%20Company%5D%5D%7Cdate%3D21%20February%201924%7Cvolume%3D92%7Cissue%3D8%7Cpage%3D310%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3DIb8cAQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DRA2-PA310%7Cissn%3D0891-9526%7Coclc%3D968928176%7Cpassage%3DFor%20this%20surfacing%2C%20the%20concrete%20is%20%27%27%27screeded%27%27%27%20and%20then%20covered%20with%20crushed%20red%20granite%20of%202-%20to%202%C2%BD-in.%20size%20which%20is%20spread%20with%20shovels%20on%20the%20wet%20concrete%2C%20the%20quantity%20averaging%20about%2055%20lb.%20of%20stone%20per%20square%20yard.
#* quote-journal%7Cen%7Ctitle%3DC.N.R.%20Build%20More%20Long-span%20Concrete%20Bridges%7Ceditor%3DSamuel%20O.%20Dunn%7Cjournal%3Dw%3ARailway%20Age%7Clocation%3DPhiladelphia%2C%20Pa.%7Cpublisher%3Dw%3ASimmons-Boardman%20Publishing%7Cdate%3D15%20July%201939%7Cvolume%3D107%7Cissue%3D3%7Cpage%3D107%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3DHY0lAAAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA107%7Ccolumn%3D1%7Cissn%3D0033-8826%7Coclc%3D12566180%7Cpassage%3DPouring%20of%20the%20slab%20was%20then%20started%20and%2C%20as%20the%20concrete%20was%20brought%20to%20full%20height%20it%20was%20%27%27%27screeded%27%27%27%20off%20to%20the%20proper%20level%2C%20employing%20screed%20guides%20which%20had%20been%20set%20previously%20to%20true%20elevation%2C%20with%20support%20on%20the%20slab%20reinforcing.
#* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3DPeter%20J.%20Breed%7Cchapter%3DConstructing%20Concrete%20Pavements%7Ctitle%3DPavements%20Maintenance%20Specialist%20%28AFSC%2055150%29%7Cseries%3D55150%2002%207905%3B%20CDC%2055150%7Clocation%3DGunter%20Air%20Force%20Station%2C%20Ala.%7Cpublisher%3DExtension%20Course%20Institute%2C%20%5B%5Bw%3AAir%20University%20%28United%20States%20Air%20Force%29%7CAir%20University%5D%5D%7Cyear%3D1984%7Cvolume%3D2%20%28Concrete%20Pavements%29%7Cpage%3D37%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3Difit8Er_IecC%26pg%3DPA37%7Ccolumn%3D2%7Coclc%3D11557295%7Cpassage%3DTo%20%27%27%27screed%27%27%27%20and%20finish%20street%20and%20airfield%20pavements%2C%20you%20need%20power%20screeds%20and%20finishers.%20%5B...%5D%20Figure%203-22%20shows%20a%20power%20screed%20as%20it%20%27%27%27screeds%27%27%27%20concrete%20over%201/2-inch%20steel%20reinforcing.
#* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3DFarzin%20Lackpour%7Cchapter%3DConcrete%20Superstructures%7Cmainauthor%3D%7B%7Bw%7CParsons%20Brinckerhoff (company)|editor=Louis G. Silano; Arnold C. Henderson|title=Bridge Inspection and Rehabilitation: A Practical Guide|location=New York, N.Y.; Chichester, West Sussex|publisher=[[w:Wiley (publisher)|John Wiley & Sons]]|year=1993|page=38|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=lOo5pgTLWj4C&pg=RA1-PA38|column=1|isbn=978-0-471-53262-0|passage=Immediately after shotcreting, the repair surfaces should be '''screeded''' to remove high areas and to expose low areas. Low areas should be filled with a subsequent spray to ensure a true flat surface. After '''screeding''', the entire surface should be given a flashcoat finish, unless a finish coat is specified.}}
#* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3D%5B%5Bw%3AUnited%20States%20Department%20of%20the%20Army%7CU.S.%20Department%20of%20the%20Army%5D%5D%7Cchapter%3DConstruction%20Procedures%7Ctitle%3DConcrete%2C%20Masonry%2C%20and%20Brickwork%3A%20A%20Practical%20Handbook%20for%20the%20Home%20Owner%20and%20Small%20Builder%7Clocation%3DMineola%2C%20N.Y.%7Cpublisher%3Dw%3ADover%20Publications%7Cyear%3D1998%7Cyear_published%3D1999%7Csection%3Dparagraph%205-63%7Cpage%3D131%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3DTiwiGsfo5i4C%26pg%3DPA131%7Cisbn%3D978-0-486-40930-6%7Cpassage%3DGenerally%2C%20a%20sufficiently%20thick%20layer%20of%20concrete%20should%20build%20up%20ahead%20of%20the%20screed%20to%20fill%20all%20low%20spots%20completely.%20The%20sequence%20of%20the%20operation%20is%3A%20%27%27%27screed%27%27%27%2C%20vibrate%2C%20then%20%27%27%27screed%27%27%27%20again.
#* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3DToby%20Buckland%3B%20et%20al.%7Cchapter%3DOutside%7Ceditor%3DAriana%20Klepac%7Ctitle%3DThe%20House%20Book%7Clocation%3DSydney%2C%20N.S.W.%3B%20London%7Cpublisher%3Dw%3AMurdoch%20Books%7Cyear%3D2006%7Cpage%3D12%7Cpageurl%3Dhttps%3A//books.google.com/books?id%3DXm9CBL-SJeUC%26pg%3DPA12%7Cisbn%3D978-1-74045-792-7%7Cpassage%3DOnce%20a%20sufficient%20area%20of%20bricks%20has%20been%20removed%2C%20dry%20sand%20can%20be%20placed%20and%20%27%27%27screeded%27%27%27%20out%20before%20compacting%2C%20re-sanding%20and%20%27%27%27screeding%27%27%27%20to%20the%20correct%20level.%20The%20bricks%20are%20then%20re-laid%20and%20tapped%20into%20place%20to%20provide%20a%20seamless%20repair.
# lb%7Cen%7Cintransitive%7CScotland To [[become]] [[rent#Adjective|rent]] or [[torn#Adjective|torn]].
#* RQ%3AScott%20Rob%20Roy%7Cvolume%3DIII%7Cpage%3D95%7Cpassage%3D%5BH%5Dad%20I%20been%20in%20ony%20o%27%20your%20rotten%20French%20camlets%20now%2C%20or%20your%20drab-de-berries%2C%20it%20would%20hae%20%27%27%27screeded%27%27%27%20like%20an%20auld%20rag%20wi%27%20sic%20a%20weight%20as%20mine.

=====Translations=====
trans-top%7Cto%20use%20a%20screed%20to%20produce%20a%20smooth%2C%20flat%20surface
* Finnish: t%2B%7Cfi%7Ctasoittaa
* French: t%2B%7Cfr%7Caraser
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===Etymology 3===
Probably glossary%7Cimitative;<ref>R%3AOED%20Online%7Cpos%3D%27%27n.%27%27%7B%7Bsup%7C2|noformat=1|id=57138843|date=March 2017}}</ref><ref name="OED v">R%3AOED%20Online%7Cpos%3D%27%27v.%27%27%7B%7Bsup%7C2|noformat=1|id=57139291|date=March 2017}}</ref> compare m%7Cen%7Cscreech, m%7Cen%7Cskreigh.<ref name="OED v"/>

====Noun====
en-noun term-label%7Cen%7CNorthern%20Ireland%7CScotland

# lb%7Cen%7Cchiefly%7Chumorous A ([[discordant]]) [[sound#Noun|sound]] or [[tune#Noun|tune]] played on [[bagpipes]], a [[fiddle#Noun|fiddle]], or a [[pipe#Noun|pipe]].
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# The sound of something [[scratch#Verb|scratching]] or [[tear#Verb|tearing]].
#* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3DDavid%20Davidson%7Cchapter%3DSpring%7Ctitle%3DThoughts%20on%20the%20Seasons%2C%20%26c.%20Partly%20in%20the%20Scottish%20Dialect%7Clocation%3DLondon%7Cpublisher%3D%7B%7B...%7CPrinted%20for the author; and sold by [[w:John Murray (publisher)|J[ohn] Murray]],nb...%7CNo.%2032%2C%20Fleet-Street; and [[w:William Creech|W[illiam] Creech]],nb...%7CEdinburgh.|year=1789|pages=34|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=NtdbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA4|oclc=642495697|passage=Right o'er the ſteep he leans, / When his well-pleniſh'd king-hood voiding needs; / And, ſploiting, ſtrikes the ſtane his grany hit, / Wi' piſtol '''ſcreed''', ſhot frae his gorlin doup.— [...]}}

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====Verb====
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# lb%7Cen%7Cintransitive%7Cchiefly%7Chumorous To [[play#Verb|play]] [[bagpipes]], a [[fiddle#Noun|fiddle]], or a [[pipe#Noun|pipe]].
#* quote-book%7Cen%7Cchapter%3DThe%20North-Country-Man%E2%80%99s%20Description%20of%20Christ-Church%3B%20in%20a%20Letter%20to%20a%20Friend.%20Portferry%2C%20May%206th.%201731.%20%26%2391%3B%5B%5BJulian%20calendar%5D%5D%26%2393%3B%7Cmainauthor%3DJames%20Row%7Ctitle%3DThe%20Wounds%20o%E2%80%99%20the%20Kirk%20o%E2%80%99%20Scotland%3A%20In%20a%20Sermon%20Preech%E2%80%99d%20in%20St.%20Geil%E2%80%99s%2C%20the%20Great%20Kirk%20in%20Edinbrough%2C%20in%20the%20Year%20of%20Our%20Lord%201638.%7B%7Bnb...%7C%5B...%5D%20To%20which%20is%20Added%2C%20an%20Elegy%20on%20the%20Reverend%20Mess%20Alexander%20Sinkler.%20As%20also%2C%20The%20North-Country-Man%E2%80%99s%20Description%20of%20Christ-Church%3B%20with%20His%20Grace%20after%20Meat.|location=Dublin|publisher=...%7CPrinted%20by J. Carsonnb...%7Cin%20Coghill%E2%80%99s%20Court%2C%20Dame%20Street|date=J2G%7C6%20May%201731|year_published=1732|page=22|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=ihxgAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA22|oclc=642623887|passage=[T]wa Cheels we White Sarks, and a wee Wean with a white Sark got aboon whar the Whiſtle-Pipes war, the yen lilted, and the other Skirled and '''Screeded''' till them, and ſtill I ſweeted, I thought they never wad hea done.}}
# lb%7Cen%7Cintransitive To [[make#Verb|make]] a [[discordant]] or [[harsh#Adjective|harsh]] [[scratch#Verb|scratching]] or [[tear#Verb|tearing]] [[sound#Noun|sound]].
# lb%7Cen%7Ctransitive%7Cchiefly%7Chumorous%7Cobsolete To play (a sound or [[tune#Noun|tune]]) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
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===Etymology 4===
From suffix%7Cen%7Cscree%7Ct1%3Dloose%2C%20stony%20debris%7Ced.

====Adjective====
en-adj%7C-

# [[strew|Strewn]] with [[scree]].
#: ux%7Cen%7CWe%20clambered%20up%20a%20%27%27%27screed%27%27%27%20slope.
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#* quote-book%7Cen%7Cauthor%3D%7B%7Bw%7CBoston%20Teran [pseudonym]|title=The Creed of Violence|location=Berkeley, Calif.|publisher=[[w:Counterpoint (publisher)|Counterpoint]]|year=2009|page=172|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=JB3NQv0GIFUC&pg=PA172|isbn=978-1-58243-525-1|passage=Son and father reached the mouth of the canyon and were leading their mounts on foot up a '''screed''' hill face that looked down on the tracks.}}

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* Finnish: t%7Cfi%7Clouhikkoinen
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===References===
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===Further reading===
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