Screed \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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Screed \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)