Screed Definition
skrēd
screeds
noun
A long, tiresome speech or piece of writing.
Webster's New World
A strip of plaster or wood applied to a wall to serve as a guide to the desired thickness of plastering to be done later.
Webster's New World
A layer or strip of material used to level off a horizontal surface such as a floor.
American Heritage
A finishing layer of mortar laid over a concrete or other solid floor.
Webster's New World
A torn place; rent.
Webster's New World
verb
(construction, masonry) To produce a smooth flat layer of concrete or similar material.
Wiktionary
(construction, masonry) To use a screed (tool).
Wiktionary
Origin of Screed
From Middle English screde (“fragment, strip of cloth") (from which also shred), from Old English scrÄ“ade
From Wiktionary
Middle English screde fragment, strip of cloth from Old English scrēade shred
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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