\Screed\ (skr[=e]d), n. [Prov. E., a shred, the border of
a cap. See {Shred}.]
1. (Arch.)
   (a) 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) 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. [Scot.]

\Screed\, n. [See 1st {Screed}. For sense 2 cf. 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.  --Sir W.
                                               Scott.