SCREED

PRONUNCIATION: (skreed)

MEANING: noun:
1. A long piece of writing or speech, especially one that’s tedious or denunciatory.
2. A long strip of material such as wood, plaster, metal, or paper.
3. A tool (a strip of wood or metal) used to level off freshly poured concrete.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English screade (strip). Earliest documented use: 1350.
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U.S. CREED - "We hold these things to be self-evident: that all men are created equal..." etc

U.S.C. REED - the oboist for the Trojans' student orchestra

SPREED - shopped for a lot of expensive stuff, without too much thought