Screed
Screed (skrēd) , noun
[Prov. English, a shred, the border of a cap. See Shred.]
1.
(a) (Architecture) 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.
(b)
(Architecture) A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.
2.
A fragment; a portion; a shred. [Scottish]
Screed , noun
[See 1st Screed. For sense 2 compare also Gael. sgread an outcry.]
1.
A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.
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.