SCREED! The word, use it & abuse it!!!!

I can't use that word like that!

I work in construction. When I hear screed, all I can think about is screeding concrete and overlays.
 
screed  /skrid/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [skreed] Show IPA

–noun
1. a long discourse or essay, esp. a diatribe.
2. an informal letter, account, or other piece of writing.
3. Building Trades. a. a strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to be plastered to serve as a guide for making a true surface.
b. a wooden strip serving as a guide for making a true level surface on a concrete pavement or the like.
c. a board or metal strip dragged across a freshly poured concrete slab to give it its proper level.

4. British Dialect. a fragment or shred, as of cloth.
5. Scot.
a. a tear or rip, esp. in cloth.
b. a drinking bout.


–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
6. Scot. to tear, rip, or shred, as cloth.

screed (skrēd)
n.
A long monotonous speech or piece of writing.


A strip of wood, plaster, or metal placed on a wall or pavement as a guide for the even application of plaster or concrete.

A layer or strip of material used to level off a horizontal surface such as a floor.

A smooth final surface of a substance, such as concrete, applied to a floor.
 
I decided a good screed (1) would take too much time. So, a screed (2) about a Scot who screed (5a) his kilt while attaching a screed (3a) to the wall during a screed (5b) tripping on the screed (3b) left on the newly screed (3c) floor was all I had time for.

What kind of screed's (5b) do you think there will be in Key West? And will there be any catfights where they screed (6) each others clothes????
 
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