<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe</li><li>an informal letter, account, or other piece of writing</li><li>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</li><li>a wooden strip serving as a guide for making a true level surface on a concrete pavement or the like</li><li>a board or metal strip dragged across a freshly poured concrete slab to give it its proper level</li><li>British Dialect: a fragment or shred, as of cloth</li><li>Scot: a tear or rip, especially in cloth</li><li>a drinking bout</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with or without object):</strong></p><ul><li>Scot: to tear, rip, or shred, as cloth</li></ul>