Ree vs Scree - What's the difference?
ree | scree |
Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy.
Befuddled with liquor; half-drunk; tipsy.
To become extremely excited; fly into a rage.
To drive into a state of excitement; fire with enthusiasm.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
(uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope.
* 2003 , Bing West, The Pepperdogs: A Novel , page 328:
A slope of such material at the base of a cliff, etc.
* 1987 , Michael J. Sallnow, Pilgrims of the Andes: regional cults in Cusco , page 189:
To flatten or level concrete, while still wet, and clear protruding stones and gravel from the surface.
* 1947 , Concrete production and control: Tennessee Valley Authority projects , page 44:
* 1974 , Wildlife in North Carolina , volumes 38-39, page 8:
* 1999 , Maxine Kumin, Quit monks or die!: a novel , page 44:
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* 1993 August 9, "Jeff LaCoss" (username), "Remodeling: new tile bath?", in misc.consumers.house, Usenet :
To traverse .
To make a high-pitched sound like that of a hawk.
* 2010 , Linda Ross Meyer, Match, the Whining Dragon , page 62:
As a noun scree is
(uncountable) loose stony debris on a slope or scree can be a harsh high-pitched sound as of a hawk.As a verb scree is
to flatten or level concrete, while still wet, and clear protruding stones and gravel from the surface or scree can be to make a high-pitched sound like that of a hawk.ree
English
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
From (etyl) rei, reh, reoh, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)Adjective
(en-adj)Verb
Etymology 3
Compare (riddle) a sieve.Verb
- (Mortimer)
scree
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Also see screed.Noun
- Occasional rounds zinged off the scree , each with a different pitch.
- The next landmark was an apachita 'cairn', at the top of a steep scree . Each pilgrim carried a stone to the summit, spat on it, and threw it on to the cairn — the purpose being, I was told, to relieve the soul of its sins [...]
Quotations
* 2002 , Catherine Merridale, Night of Stone: Death and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia , page 243: *: Acres of the industrial port had been reduced to desolation, half-walls, half-chimneys, crazy sticks of steel that looped up out of concrete scree . The temptation not to clear and rebuild must have been strong. * 2008 , Ioannis Nikolaou Vogiatzakis, Gloria Pungetti, Antoinette M. Mannion, Mediterranean Island Landscapes: Natural and Cultural Approaches , page 252: *: Many screes' are converted, in whole or in part, into concrete-like breccias. Carapaces of cemented ' scree encrust steep slopes. Cliffs of conglomerate or marl are covered with a layer of re-deposited limestone and look like hard rock.Verb
- The crushing and screeing equipment owned by the TVA was transferred from job to job, and the availability of this equipment was one of the factors in determining who would produce the aggregate.
- Pour concrete. Use a straight 1-inch pipe about 12 feet long to scree each section.
- He was a stupid sonofabitch who didn't scree the concrete enough, his corner post was an eighth of an inch out of plumb, and what asshole set these louvers upside down?
- You can set 1" thick slats on the tar and use them to scree the concrete to thickness.
See also
* (wikipedia "scree") * (Screes)Etymology 2
(onomatopoeia)Verb
- She screed like a hawk.