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Screed

noun

A long monotonous harangue.

A long piece of writing.

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

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"Screed" Quotes from Famous Books

... want to screed him, massa, but I'se bery ole and got soon to gwo, and I dusn't want de blessed Lord to ax me wen I gets dar why I 'lowed dese pore ig'nant brack folks to mudder a man 'fore my bery face. I toted you, ...

— Continental Monthly, Vol. I., No. IV., April, 1862 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various

... was blasting awa to them on the hill-side, about lifting up their testimony, nae doubt, and ganging down to the battle of Roman Gilead, or some sic place. Eh, Mr Henry! but the carle gae them a screed o' doctrine! Ye might hae heard him a mile down the wind—He routed like a cow in a fremd loaning.—Weel, thinks I, there's nae place in this country they ca' Roman Gilead—it will be some gate in the west muirlands; ...

— Old Mortality, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott

... in the world do they call themselves the Flying Demons?" asked Ted reflectively, as they were reading the second screed from their enemies. "It seems to me that there is the secret of the whole thing. You never can tell what a pack of boys like that are going to do. They are more to be feared than older criminals, for they have no judgment, and will rush into the most reckless ...

— Ted Strong's Motor Car • Edward C. Taylor

Words linked to "Screed" : piece of writing, ranting, written material, strip, slip, harangue, rant, writing