2. Verb. (third-person singular of screed) ¹
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Definition of Screeds
1. screed [v] - See also: screed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Screeds
Literary usage of Screeds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"screeds (etym. uncertain). In Architecture, wooden rules for running mouldings.
Also the extreme guides on the margins of walls and ceilings for floating to ..."
2. I.C.S. Reference Library: A Series of Textbooks Prepared for the Students of by International Correspondence Schools (1909)
"screeds are plaster bands 5 or 6 inches in width formed on the surface to be
floated. The surfaces adjacent to the angles are carefully plumbed up from the ..."
3. Mortars, Plasters, Stuccos, Artificial Marble, Concretes, Portland Cements by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1916)
"screeds and Sections.—screeds are used as guides and bearings for leveling ...
screeds are sometimes formed with the same kind of material as used for the ..."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"screeds are plaster bands, 5 or 6 inches in width, formed on the surface to be
floated. The surfaces adjacent to the angles are carefully plumbed up from ..."
5. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon (1870)
"The screeds on ceilings ought to be levelled, and those on walls plumbed. ...
screeds must bo formed at the highest and lowest extremities of the wall, ..."
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