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SCALD
scald
(noun) the act of burning with steam or hot water
scald
(noun) a burn cause by hot liquid or steam
scald
(verb) burn with a hot liquid or steam; “She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out”
scald
(verb) heat to the boiling point; “scald the milk”
scald
(verb) treat with boiling water; “scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled”
blister, scald, whip
(verb) subject to harsh criticism; “The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday”; “the professor scaled the students”; “your invectives scorched the community”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
scald (third-person singular simple present scalds, present participle scalding, simple past and past participle scalded)
To burn with hot liquid.
(cooking) To heat almost to boiling.
Noun
scald (plural scalds)
A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
Etymology 2
Noun
scald (uncountable)
(obsolete) Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.
Adjective
scald (comparative more scald, superlative most scald)
(obsolete) Affected with the scab; scabby.
(obsolete) Paltry; worthless.
Synonyms
• (scabby): roynish, scurvy; see also scabby
• (paltry): contemptible, miserable, trashy; see also despicable
Etymology 3
Noun
scald (plural scalds)
Alternative form of skald
Anagrams
• DACLs, S.D. Cal., clads
Source: Wiktionary
Scald, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalding.] Etym: [OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. Ă©chauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex + caldus, calidus, warm, hot. See Ex, and Calderon.]
1. To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or imersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand. Mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. Shak. Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall. Cowley.
2. To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat.
Scald, n.
Definition: A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.
Scald, a. Etym: [For scalled. See Scall.]
1. Affected with the scab; scaby. Shak.
2. Scurry; paltry; as, scald rhymers. [Obs.] Shak. Scald crow (Zoöl.), the hooded crow. [Ireland] -- Scald head (Med.), a name popularly given to several diseases of the scalp characterized by pustules (the dried discharge of which forms scales) and by falling out of the hair.
Scald, n.
Definition: Scurf on the head. See Scall. Spenser.
Scald ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [Icel. skald.]
Definition: One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes. [Written also skald.] A war song such as was of yore chanted on the field of battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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