different between plinth vs screed

English

Etymology

From French plinthe, from Latin plinthus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (plínthos, “brick”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl?n?/
• Rhymes: -?n?

Noun

plinth (plural plinths)

1. A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
2. The bottom course of stones or bricks supporting a wall.
3. A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.

Derived terms

• plinthed (adjective)
• plinthing (verb)

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Ireland) IPA^(key): /sk?i?d/
• (General American, Scotland) IPA^(key): /sk?id/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Etymology 1

From Middle English screde [and other forms], a variant of shrede (“fragment, scrap; strip of cloth; strip cut off from a larger piece; band or thread woven into fabric; element, streak”) (whence shred (noun)), from Old English s?r?ad, s?r?ade (“a piece cut off; paring, shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraud? (“a piece, shred; a cut, crack”), from *skraudan? (“to cut up, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). The English word is cognate with Old Frisian skr?d.

Noun

screed (plural screeds)

1. (chiefly Ireland, Newfoundland, Scotland, dated) A piece or narrow strip cut or torn off from a larger whole; a shred. [from mid 14th c.]

   Synonym: scrid
2. (chiefly regional Britain, Scotland, dated) A piece of land, especially one that is narrow.
3. (chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) A rent, a tear.

   Synonyms: cut, rip
4. A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
5. (by extension) A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism. [from late 18th c.]

   Synonyms: harangue, polemic, rant, tirade, diatribe; see also Thesaurus:diatribe
6. Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.
8. (construction, masonry) Senses relating to building construction and masonry.
   1. A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, placed on a floor to be covered with concrete, a wall to be plastered, etc., as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface.
   2. A tool such as a long strip of wood or other material which is drawn over a wet layer of concrete, plaster, etc., to make it smooth and flat; also, a machine that achieves this effect; a screeder.

      Synonym: strickle
   3. A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.

Derived terms

• floating screed

Related terms

• shred

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English screde, Early Middle English screda, a variant of shreden, shrede (“to chop, cut up, hack; to cut to shape; to maim, wound; to prune, trim”) [and other forms] (whence shred (verb)), from Old English scr?adian (“to cut up, shred; to cut off, prune”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudan? (“to cut up, shred”), see further at etymology 1; later uses are derived from the noun screed.

Verb

screed (third-person singular simple present screeds, present participle screeding, simple past and past participle screeded)

1. (transitive, chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) To rend, to shred, to tear.

   Synonyms: cut, rip
2. (transitive, Scotland, also figuratively, dated) To read or repeat from memory fluently or glibly; to reel off.
3. (transitive, construction, masonry) To use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface of concrete, plaster, or similar material; also (generally) to put down a layer of concrete, plaster, etc.
4. (intransitive, Scotland) To become rent or torn.

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Etymology 3

Probably imitative; compare screech, skreigh.

Noun

screed (plural screeds) (Northern Ireland, Scotland)

1. (chiefly humorous) A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
2. The sound of something scratching or tearing.

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Verb

screed (third-person singular simple present screeds, present participle screeding, simple past and past participle screeded) (Northern Ireland, Scotland, rare)

1. (intransitive, chiefly humorous) To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
2. (intransitive) To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound.
3. (transitive, chiefly humorous, obsolete) To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.

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Etymology 4

From scree (“loose, stony debris”) +? -ed.

Adjective

screed (not comparable)

1. Strewn with scree.

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References

Further reading

• screed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Melanie & Mike” (20 July 1998) , “Spotlight on … Screed”, in Take Our Word for It?^[2], archived from the original on 3 July 2017.

Anagrams

• Creeds, ceders, creeds