"screed" meaning in English

See screed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /skɹiːd/ [Ireland, Received-Pronunciation], /skɹid/ [General-American, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-screed.wav [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -iːd Etymology: From scree (“loose, stony debris”) + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scree|ed|t1=loose, stony debris}} scree (“loose, stony debris”) + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} screed (not comparable)
  1. Strewn with scree. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Talking Translations (strewn with scree): louhikkoinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-screed-en-adj-Aax671UU Disambiguation of Talking: 10 5 5 4 10 12 1 5 4 3 4 5 2 7 6 2 5 5 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: /skɹiːd/ [Ireland, Received-Pronunciation], /skɹid/ [General-American, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-screed.wav [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: screeds [plural]
Rhymes: -iːd Etymology: 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 sċrēad, sċrēade (“a piece cut off; paring, shred”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō (“a piece, shred; a cut, crack”), from *skraudaną (“to cut up, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). The English word is cognate with Old Frisian skrēd. Doublet of escrow, scroll, and shred. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|id=cut}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|screde}} Middle English screde, {{nb...|screade (Kent)|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{m|enm|shrede|t=fragment, scrap; strip of cloth; strip cut off from a larger piece; band or thread woven into fabric; element, streak}} shrede (“fragment, scrap; strip of cloth; strip cut off from a larger piece; band or thread woven into fabric; element, streak”), {{m|en|shred|pos=noun}} shred (noun), {{sup|1}} ¹, {{inh|en|ang|sċrēad}} Old English sċrēad, {{m|ang|sċrēade|t=a piece cut off; paring, shred}} sċrēade (“a piece cut off; paring, shred”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skraudō|t=a piece, shred; a cut, crack}} Proto-Germanic *skraudō (“a piece, shred; a cut, crack”), {{m|gem-pro|*skraudaną|t=to cut up, shred}} *skraudaną (“to cut up, shred”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|t=to cut off}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), {{cog|ofs|skrēd}} Old Frisian skrēd, {{doublet|en|escrow}} Doublet of escrow Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Ireland, Newfoundland, Scotland, dated Synonyms: scrid
    Sense id: en-screed-en-noun-W26LOpvA Categories (other): Irish English, Newfoundland English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 10 11 11 14 2 13 16 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 5 8 7 8 6 6 1 4 6 3 5 2 6 7 3 5 7 3 5
  2. (chiefly regional Britain, Scotland, dated) A piece of land, especially one that is narrow. Tags: Britain, Scotland, dated, regional
    Sense id: en-screed-en-noun-j6WT6CbP Categories (other): British English, Regional English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 10 11 11 14 2 13 16 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 5 8 7 8 6 6 1 4 6 3 5 2 6 7 3 5 7 3 5
  3. (chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) A rent, a tear. Tags: Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, dated Synonyms: cut, rip
    Sense id: en-screed-en-noun-Y3OOnovq Categories (other): Northern England English, Northern Irish English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 10 11 11 14 2 13 16 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 7 8 10 6 5 1 4 6 2 6 2 7 6 4 6 8 3 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 5 8 7 8 6 6 1 4 6 3 5 2 6 7 3 5 7 3 5
  4. A piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long. Categories (topical): Talking, Writing
    Sense id: en-screed-en-noun-p8Ml3m~R Disambiguation of Talking: 10 5 5 4 10 12 1 5 4 3 4 5 2 7 6 2 5 5 4 Disambiguation of Writing: 6 3 4 3 25 24 1 3 3 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 10 11 11 14 2 13 16 7
  5. (by extension) A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Talking, Writing Synonyms: harangue, polemic, rant, tirade, diatribe, diatribe Translations (speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue): litanie [feminine] (Dutch), paroladaĉo (Esperanto), arvostelu (Finnish), palopuhe (Finnish), diatribe [feminine] (French), harangue [feminine] (French), litanie [feminine] (French), tirade [feminine] (French), Pamphlet [neuter] (German), Schmähschrift [feminine] (German), Tirade [feminine] (German), panegirico [masculine] (Italian), perora [feminine] (Polish), tyrada [feminine] (Polish), catilinaria [feminine] (Spanish), diatriba [feminine] (Spanish), filípica [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-screed-en-noun-QKGYqnJ5 Disambiguation of Talking: 10 5 5 4 10 12 1 5 4 3 4 5 2 7 6 2 5 5 4 Disambiguation of Writing: 6 3 4 3 25 24 1 3 3 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 10 11 11 14 2 13 16 7 Disambiguation of 'speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue': 3 3 1 24 62 1 2 3 1
  6. Chiefly in the plural form screeds: a large quantity.
    Sense id: en-screed-en-noun-BrBYz2r2
  7. (construction, masonry) Senses relating to building construction and masonry.
    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.
    Categories (topical): Construction, Masonry Translations (tool used as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface): майка (majka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tasoituspalkki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-screed-en-noun-en:tool Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 10 11 11 14 2 13 16 7 Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, masonry Disambiguation of 'tool used as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface': 4 1 3 5 5 3 50 14 16
  8. (construction, masonry) Senses relating to building construction and masonry.
    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.
    Categories (topical): Construction, Masonry, Tools Synonyms: strickle Translations (tool drawn over a wet layer to make it smooth and flat; machine that achieves this effect): kalis (Cebuano), strijkstok [masculine] (Dutch), tasoitin (Finnish), Abziehlatte [feminine] (German), Kartätsche [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-screed-en-noun-en:tool1 Disambiguation of Tools: 4 5 1 4 4 4 3 9 16 6 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 4 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 10 11 11 14 2 13 16 7 Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, masonry Disambiguation of 'tool drawn over a wet layer to make it smooth and flat; machine that achieves this effect': 3 1 2 2 2 2 6 69 13
  9. (construction, masonry) Senses relating to building construction and masonry.
    A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.
    Categories (topical): Construction, Masonry Translations (smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material): замазка (zamazka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), zandcementvloer [masculine] (Dutch), subplanko (Esperanto), lattialaasti (Finnish), chape [feminine] (French), Estrich [masculine] (German), massetto [masculine] (Italian), jastrych (Polish), podkład podłogowy [masculine] (Polish), szlichta (Polish), astrych [archaic, masculine] (Polish), contrapiso [masculine] (Portuguese), стя́жка по́ла (stjážka póla) (Russian), losa [feminine] (Spanish), contrapiso [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-screed-en-noun-en:tool1 Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, masonry Disambiguation of 'smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material': 2 0 2 1 1 2 11 30 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: floating screed Related terms: shred Translations (piece of writing or speech, especially if long): ферман (ferman) [masculine] (Bulgarian), teksti (Finnish), vuodatus (Finnish), chryja [feminine] (Polish), elaborat [masculine] (Polish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'piece of writing or speech, especially if long': 4 7 2 42 37 1 3 3 1

Noun

IPA: /skɹiːd/ [Ireland, Received-Pronunciation], /skɹid/ [General-American, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-screed.wav [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: screeds [plural]
Rhymes: -iːd Etymology: Probably imitative; compare screech, skreigh. Etymology templates: {{glossary|imitative}} imitative, {{sup|2}} ², {{sup|2}} ², {{m|en|screech}} screech, {{m|en|skreigh}} skreigh Head templates: {{en-noun}} screed (plural screeds)
  1. (chiefly humorous) A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe. Tags: Northern-Ireland, Scotland, humorous
    Sense id: en-screed-en-noun-NQde2gQ4 Categories (other): Northern Irish English Disambiguation of Northern Irish English: 25 10 29 12 24
  2. The sound of something scratching or tearing. Tags: Northern-Ireland, Scotland
    Sense id: en-screed-en-noun-26iFh4c6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /skɹiːd/ [Ireland, Received-Pronunciation], /skɹid/ [General-American, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-screed.wav [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: screeds [present, singular, third-person], screeding [participle, present], screeded [participle, past], screeded [past]
Rhymes: -iːd Etymology: 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 scrēadian (“to cut up, shred; to cut off, prune”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to cut up, shred”), see further at etymology 1; later uses are derived from the noun screed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|screde}} Middle English screde, {{inh|en|enm|screda}} Middle English screda, {{m|enm|shreden}} shreden, {{m|enm|shrede|t=to chop, cut up, hack; to cut to shape; to maim, wound; to prune, trim}} shrede (“to chop, cut up, hack; to cut to shape; to maim, wound; to prune, trim”), {{nb...|scradien, shrædenn, shred, shredde|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{m|en|shred|pos=verb}} shred (verb), {{inh|en|ang|scrēadian|t=to cut up, shred; to cut off, prune}} Old English scrēadian (“to cut up, shred; to cut off, prune”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skraudaną|t=to cut up, shred}} Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to cut up, shred”), {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{sup|1}} ¹ Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, dated, transitive Synonyms: cut, rip
    Sense id: en-screed-en-verb-GAQXcy0s Categories (other): Northern England English, Northern Irish English, Scottish English
  2. (transitive, Scotland, also figurative, dated) To read or repeat from memory fluently or glibly; to reel off. Tags: Scotland, also, dated, figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-screed-en-verb-N~ReFGSw Categories (other): Scottish English, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 5 8 7 8 6 6 1 4 6 3 5 2 6 7 3 5 7 3 5
  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. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Construction, Masonry Translations (to use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface): tasoittaa (Finnish), araser (French)
    Sense id: en-screed-en-verb-PesUqpnG Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, masonry Disambiguation of 'to use a screed to produce a smooth, flat surface': 3 3 91 2
  4. (intransitive, Scotland) To become rent or torn. Tags: Scotland, intransitive
    Sense id: en-screed-en-verb-4RFI7G9M Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /skɹiːd/ [Ireland, Received-Pronunciation], /skɹid/ [General-American, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-screed.wav [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: screeds [present, singular, third-person], screeding [participle, present], screeded [participle, past], screeded [past]
Rhymes: -iːd Etymology: Probably imitative; compare screech, skreigh. Etymology templates: {{glossary|imitative}} imitative, {{sup|2}} ², {{sup|2}} ², {{m|en|screech}} screech, {{m|en|skreigh}} skreigh Head templates: {{en-verb}} screed (third-person singular simple present screeds, present participle screeding, simple past and past participle screeded)
  1. (intransitive, chiefly humorous) To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe. Tags: Northern-Ireland, Scotland, humorous, intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-screed-en-verb-6~2Lff9k Categories (other): Northern Irish English Disambiguation of Northern Irish English: 25 10 29 12 24
  2. (intransitive) To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound. Tags: Northern-Ireland, Scotland, intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-screed-en-verb-Z0Wmb36x Categories (other): Northern Irish English Disambiguation of Northern Irish English: 25 10 29 12 24
  3. (transitive, chiefly humorous, obsolete) To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe. Tags: Northern-Ireland, Scotland, humorous, obsolete, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-screed-en-verb-Fl~4yWQS Categories (other): Northern Irish English Disambiguation of Northern Irish English: 25 10 29 12 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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          "text": "It's no very like the land o' the leal here—d'ye think it is?—wi' this cauld soakit sand anaith ye, and you in thae screeded duds, and us twa in our sark sleeves. [Footnote: Land o' the leal, land of the faithful—heaven. Screeded duds, torn rags. Sark sleeves, shirt sleeves.]\nA use of the word as an adjective.",
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          "text": "For this surfacing, the concrete is screeded and then covered with crushed red granite of 2- to 2½-in. size which is spread with shovels on the wet concrete, the quantity averaging about 55 lb. of stone per square yard.",
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          "ref": "1939 July 15, “C.N.R. Build More Long-span Concrete Bridges”, in Samuel O. Dunn, editor, Railway Age, volume 107, number 3, Philadelphia, Pa.: Simmons-Boardman Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 107, column 1",
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          "ref": "1993, Farzin Lackpour, “Concrete Superstructures”, in Parsons Brinckerhoff (company), edited by Louis G. Silano and Arnold C. Henderson, Bridge Inspection and Rehabilitation: A Practical Guide, New York, N.Y., Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, page 38, column 1",
          "text": "Immediately after shotcreting, the repair surfaces should be screeded to remove high areas and to expose low areas. Low areas should be filled with a subsequent spray to ensure a true flat surface. After screeding, the entire surface should be given a flashcoat finish, unless a finish coat is specified.",
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          "ref": "2006, Toby Buckland et al., “Outside”, in Ariana Klepac, editor, The House Book, Sydney, N.S.W., London: Murdoch Books, page 12",
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        "Ireland",
        "Newfoundland",
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        "British English",
        "English dated terms",
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        {
          "ref": "[1795], An Act for Dividing, Allotting, Inclosing, Draining, and Improving the Commons and Waste Grounds, within the Several Parishes of Epworth, Haxey, Belton, and Owston, in the Isle of Axholme, in the County of Lincoln; […] (35 George III, chapter 107), [London]: [Parliament of Great Britain], →OCLC, pages 25–26",
          "text": "And it be further Enacted, That in all Caſes where any of the Lands and Grounds by this Act intended to be divided and incloſed ſhall adjoin on any Freeboard, Screed, or Parcel of Land left on the Outſide of the Fences of any adjoining Pariſh, Townſhip, or Place, which ſhall run into any of the Lands intended to be incloſed by virtue of this Act, ſuch Freeboard, Screed, or Parcel of Land ſhall be deemed and taken to be Parcel of the Lands hereby directed to be divided and incloſed, [...]",
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        "(chiefly regional Britain, Scotland, dated) A piece of land, especially one that is narrow."
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      "categories": [
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        "Northern England English",
        "Northern Irish English",
        "Scottish English"
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      "glosses": [
        "A rent, a tear."
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          "tear",
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        {
          "ref": "1995, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, “The Marquise de Merteuil to the Vicomte de Valmont: 12 August 17——”, in Douglas Parmée, transl., Les Liaisons dangereuses (Oxford World’s Classics), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, part I, page 29",
          "text": "I see it's three o'clock in the morning and I've written whole screeds when I only intended to write a short note!",
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          "ref": "1939, Patrick Francis Quinn, “Pierre”, in The Fatalism of Herman Melville (unpublished B.A. and M.A. dissertation), Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin, →OCLC, page 76",
          "text": "When he [Herman Melville] had finished the first part of his novel [Pierre; or, The Ambiguities], and printed it, the publishers would have nothing to do with it. They claimed they had been deluded into accepting a villainous and blasphemous screed against religion and morality and all right living.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Marcellus Andrews, “A Preface in Three Parts: Economics as a Razor”, in The Political Economy of Hope and Fear: Capitalism and the Black Condition in America, New York, N.Y., London: New York University Press, page 5",
          "text": "One of our primary tasks is to replace racist screeds like The Bell Curve and The End of Racism with sound economic arguments that are relatively simple to understand and yet serious enough to encompass divergent points of view.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 July 25, Paul Rees, “‘We got off the coach and the National Front was there … People spat at us’”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-02-17",
          "text": "One of the more regular correspondents to the club was an Everton fan, who'd send in an abusive screed each time Albion were due to play on Merseyside. He directed this at [Ron] Atkinson, urging him not to select his \"monkeys\" for the game.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism."
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          "extended",
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        {
          "word": "polemic"
        },
        {
          "word": "rant"
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        {
          "word": "tirade"
        },
        {
          "word": "diatribe"
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        {
          "word": "diatribe"
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        "broadly"
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        {
          "ref": "1995 April, Mean Machines Sega, number 30, page 13",
          "text": "It uses a lot of footage of Japanese actors, and screeds of character text, making it unlikely to see a European release.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Adam Kilgarriff, “Web as Corpus”, in Geoffrey Sampson, Diana McCarthy, editors, Corpus Linguistics: Readings in a Widening Discipline, London, New York, N.Y.: Continuum, published 2005, page 471",
          "text": "Compared to LOB [the Lancaster-Oslo-Bergen Corpus], the BNC [British National Corpus] is an anarchic object, containing 'texts' from 25 to 250,000 words long, screeds of painfully formulaic entries from the Dictionary of National Biography, conversations monosyllabic and incoherent, sermons, pornography, and the electronic discourse of the Leeds United Football Club Fan Club.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1833, James Gallier, “Of Oil Mastic”, in The American Builder’s General Price Book and Estimator, […], New York, N.Y.: […] [Minard] Lafever and [James] Gallier, […] Stanley & Co., […], →OCLC, page 42",
          "text": "When applied to large surfaces, strips or screeds of wood should be fixed to float from; and when the plain surface is formed, it is finished with the handfloat.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1841, Minard Lafever, “Plastering”, in The Modern Builders’ Guide, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: William D. Smith, →OCLC, page 104",
          "text": "The term Screed, in plastering, is a stile formed of lime and hair, about seven or eight inches wide, gauged exactly true. In floated-work these screed are made at every three or four feet distance, vertically round a room, and are prepared perfectly straight by applying the straight-edge to them to make them so; and when all the screeds are formed, the parts between them are filled up flush with lime and hair, or stuff, and made even with the face of the screeds. The straight-edge is then worked horizontally upon the screeds, to take off all superfluous stuff.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991, Robert Matthews, “Plastering”, in Practical House Building: A Manual for the Selfbuilder, Leicester, Leicestershire: Blackberry Books, published 1998, page 77, column 1",
          "text": "The use of timber battens as screeds makes it easy to get the floating coat flat. Getting a blemish-free skim coat is more difficult.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "Senses relating to building construction and masonry.",
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          "concrete",
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          "wall",
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        [
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        "(construction, masonry) Senses relating to building construction and masonry.",
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        {
          "ref": "1973, T. W. Love, “Finishing Concrete”, in Construction Manual: Concrete & Formwork, Carlsbag, Calif.: Craftsman Book Company, published 2001, page 129",
          "text": "The screeds and vibrator on the machine finisher are set to give the proper surface elevation and produce a dense concrete. In most cases, there should be a sufficiently thick layer of mortar ahead of the screed to insure that all low spots will be filled. The vibrator follows the front screed and the rear screed is last. The rear screed should be adjusted to carry enough grout ahead of it to insure continuous contact between screed and pavement.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Senses relating to building construction and masonry.",
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        [
          "wet",
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        ],
        [
          "layer",
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        [
          "make",
          "make#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine#Noun"
        ],
        [
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        [
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        "(construction, masonry) Senses relating to building construction and masonry.",
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        {
          "ref": "1830, John Nicholson, “Plastering”, in The Builder’s Practical Guide: Containing a Complete Explanation of the Principles of Science, as Applied to Every Branch of Building: […], London: […] Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, […], →OCLC, page 615",
          "text": "[T]wo workmen, provided with a tub of putty and a quantity of plaster of Paris, proceed to run the cornice. Before using the mould, they gauge a screed of putty and plaster upon the wall and ceiling, covering so much of each as will correspond with the top and bottom of the intended cornice. On this screed one or two slight deal straight-edges, adapted to as many notches or chases made in the mould for it to work upon, are nailed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Warwick Rodwell, “The Archaeology of Church and Cathedral Floors”, in Jane Fawcett, editor, Historic Floors: Their Care and Conservation (Butterworth-Heinemann Series in Conservation and Museology), paperback edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Woburn, Mass.: Butterworth-Heinemann, published 2001, section 2.1.1 (Materials and Laying Techniques), page 41, column 2",
          "text": "A few early churches were floored with a screed of weak concrete, after the Roman fashion, the ingredients being lime mortar and crushed brick (opus signinum).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Chris de Jager, “Finishing”, in Building and Civil Technology N3, Cape Town, South Africa: Maskew Miller Longman, published 2007, section 10.1 (Floors), page 196",
          "text": "Nowadays they [PVC tiles] are manufactured with a backing that is coated with an adhesive (peel and stick) so that they may be laid straight onto a slurry-finished granolithic screed.",
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        "Senses relating to building construction and masonry.",
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          "tiles",
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          "plank#Noun"
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        "(construction, masonry) Senses relating to building construction and masonry.",
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      "roman": "ferman",
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "piece of writing or speech, especially if long",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "word": "palopuhe"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diatribe"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "harangue"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "litanie"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "tirade"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Pamphlet"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schmähschrift"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tirade"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "panegirico"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "catilinaria"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diatriba"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "speech or piece of writing which contains angry and extended criticism — see also diatribe, harangue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "filípica"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "majka",
      "sense": "tool used as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "майка"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tool used as a guide for producing a smooth, flat surface",
      "word": "tasoituspalkki"
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      "sense": "tool drawn over a wet layer to make it smooth and flat; machine that achieves this effect",
      "word": "kalis"
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      "sense": "tool drawn over a wet layer to make it smooth and flat; machine that achieves this effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "strijkstok"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tool drawn over a wet layer to make it smooth and flat; machine that achieves this effect",
      "word": "tasoitin"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tool drawn over a wet layer to make it smooth and flat; machine that achieves this effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abziehlatte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tool drawn over a wet layer to make it smooth and flat; machine that achieves this effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Kartätsche"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zamazka",
      "sense": "smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "замазка"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "sense": "smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material",
      "word": "lattialaasti"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material",
      "tags": [
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          "text": "It's no very like the land o' the leal here—d'ye think it is?—wi' this cauld soakit sand anaith ye, and you in thae screeded duds, and us twa in our sark sleeves. [Footnote: Land o' the leal, land of the faithful—heaven. Screeded duds, torn rags. Sark sleeves, shirt sleeves.]\nA use of the word as an adjective.",
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          "text": "For this surfacing, the concrete is screeded and then covered with crushed red granite of 2- to 2½-in. size which is spread with shovels on the wet concrete, the quantity averaging about 55 lb. of stone per square yard.",
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          "ref": "1731 May 17, “The North-Country-Man’s Description of Christ-Church; in a Letter to a Friend. Portferry, May 6th. 1731. [Julian calendar]”, in James Row, The Wounds o’ the Kirk o’ Scotland: In a Sermon Preech’d in St. Geil’s, the Great Kirk in Edinbrough, in the Year of Our Lord 1638. […], Dublin: […] J. Carson […], published 1732, →OCLC, page 22",
          "text": "[T]wa Cheels we White Sarks, and a wee Wean with a white Sark got aboon whar the Whiſtle-Pipes war, the yen lilted, and the other Skirled and Screeded till them, and ſtill I ſweeted, I thought they never wad hea done.",
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        }
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        "To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe."
      ],
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          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play#Verb"
        ],
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          "bagpipes",
          "bagpipes"
        ],
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          "fiddle",
          "fiddle#Noun"
        ],
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          "pipe",
          "pipe#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive, chiefly humorous) To play bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe."
      ],
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        "Northern-Ireland",
        "Scotland",
        "humorous",
        "intransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound."
      ],
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          "make",
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        ],
        [
          "tearing",
          "tear#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound#Noun"
        ]
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        "(intransitive) To make a discordant or harsh scratching or tearing sound."
      ],
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        "Northern-Ireland",
        "Scotland",
        "intransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English humorous terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1811, Andrew Scott, “Epistle to a Brother Poet”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Kelso, Roxburghshire: […] Alexander Leadbetter, for the author; and sold by W[illiam] Creech, […], →OCLC, page 29",
          "text": "In life's gay morn, or youthfu' prime, / Ere fancy droops her wing, / Screed up your reed, for that's the time / For bards to rant and sing; [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe."
      ],
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        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "tune",
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        ]
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        "(transitive, chiefly humorous, obsolete) To play (a sound or tune) on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe."
      ],
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        "Northern-Ireland",
        "Scotland",
        "humorous",
        "obsolete",
        "rare",
        "transitive"
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    {
      "ipa": "/skɹiːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skɹid/",
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        "General-American",
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-iːd"
    },
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -ed",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Rhymes:English/iːd",
    "Rhymes:English/iːd/1 syllable",
    "en:Talking",
    "en:Tools",
    "en:Writing"
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        "2": "scree",
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        "t1": "loose, stony debris"
      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "screed (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "We clambered up a screed slope.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1986, D[orothy] Michell, Australian Tales of Ghost and Fantasy, Sydney, N.S.W.: Management Developments Publishers, page 51",
          "text": "A safety fence edged the curve of the road and beyond this the screed slope increased in grade to a precipitous cliff.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Boston Teran [pseudonym], The Creed of Violence, Berkeley, Calif.: Counterpoint, page 172",
          "text": "Son and father reached the mouth of the canyon and were leading their mounts on foot up a screed hill face that looked down on the tracks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Strewn with scree."
      ],
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          "strew"
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          "scree",
          "scree"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
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      "ipa": "/skɹid/",
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        "General-American",
        "Scotland"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "strewn with scree",
      "word": "louhikkoinen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "screed"
}

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