Screeched

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Screech \Screech\ (skr[=e]ch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screeched};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Screeching}.] [Also formerly, scritch, OE.
     skriken, skrichen, schriken, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel.
     skr[ae]kja to shriek, to screech, skr[imac]kja to titter, Sw.
     skrika to shriek, Dan. skrige; also Gael. sgreach, sgreuch,
     W. ysgrechio, Skr. kharj to creak. Cf. {Shriek}, v.,


     {Scream}, v.]
     To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in
     terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek. "The screech owl,
     screeching loud." --Shak.
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