SCREED

noun a fragment; a portion; a shred.

2. screed ·noun an harangue; a long tirade on any subject.

3. screed ·noun a breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.

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

5. 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.