Screed /(skrēd)/

Screed

n.
  1. 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. (Arch.)
  2. A fragment; a portion; a shred. [Scot.]

Screed

n.
  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.