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.-a wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.-a fragment; a portion; a shred.-a breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.-an harangue; a long tirade on any subject.