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Webster 1913 Edition

(skrēk)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Screaked

(skrēkt)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Screaking

[Cf. Icel.

skraekja

to screech. Cf.

Verb.

To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel.

Noun.

A creaking; a screech; a shriek.

Bp. Bull.

Verb.

[This word is only a different orthography of screech and shriek, but is not elegant.]

To utter suddenly a sharp shrill sound or outcry; to scream; as in a sudden fright; also, to creak, as a door or wheel. [See Screech.]

[When applied to things, we use creak, and when to persons, shriek, both of which are elegant.]

Noun.

A creaking; a screech.