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Screed. (1) A long thin narrow strip of board, such as are used 

 by plasterers in running moulded plaster cornices. They 

 are temporarily nailed on the walls, ceilings, angles, etc., as 

 " runners " or " guide-rails " for their " moulds " ; (2) 

 narrow edgings in a saw-mill. 



Screen. (1) A partition; an enclosure, separating a portion of a 

 room ; usually fixtures, but folding ones of minor impor- 

 tance are common. (2) A riddle or sieve for sifting sand, 

 lime, gravel, etc. ; sometimes large rectangular wooden 

 frames with longitudinal and transverse wires. In working 

 position it is propped up at one end to an angle of about 

 70 degrees ; the sifting is done by casting the material against 

 it, when the finer particles pass through the wires. 



Screeve. See " Scribe." 



Scribe. An iron-cutting instrument or knife for marking or 

 scoring timbers, commonly termed " scribing iron ' ; or 

 " scribing knife." The chases of the tool are " screeve- 

 marks " (which see). 



Scribe or Screeve Marks, denoting cubic contents on log timber. 

 See " Timber Measure." It is customary in the timber 

 trade in London to mark the solid and superficial con- 

 tents of masts, trees, spars, timber, and planks of all 

 descriptions with Roman characters ; but this is not gen- 

 erally adopted at all the outports. A table of those 

 characters is subjoined, commencing at unity, and ending 

 at 100 ; all higher contents are usually marked in common 

 figures. 



TABLE OF NUMBERS RAZED ON TIMBER, ETC., 

 DENOTING CONTENTS. 



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From " The Standard Timber Measurer," by Mr. E. A. P. 

 Burt, published by Wm. Rider & Son, Ltd., London. 

 85. in cloth. 



