- a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- an informal letter, account, or other piece of writing.
- Building Trades.
- a strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to be plastered to serve as a guide for making a true surface.
- a wooden strip serving as a guide for making a true level surface on a concrete pavement or the like.
- a board or metal strip dragged across a freshly poured concrete slab to give it its proper level.
- a fragment or shred, as of cloth.
- Scot.
- a tear or rip, especially in cloth.
- a drinking bout.
- to tear, rip, or shred, as cloth.
- a long or prolonged speech or piece of writing
- a strip of wood, plaster, or metal placed on a surface to act as a guide to the thickness of the cement or plaster coat to be applied
- a mixture of cement, sand, and water applied to a concrete slab, etc, to give a smooth surface finish
- a rent or tear or the sound produced by this
