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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
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.
scald (plural scalds)
A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
scald (uncountable)
(obsolete) Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.
scald (comparative more scald, superlative most scald)
(obsolete) Affected with the scab; scabby.
(obsolete) Paltry; worthless.
• (scabby): roynish, scurvy; see also scabby
• (paltry): contemptible, miserable, trashy; see also despicable
scald (plural scalds)
Alternative form of skald
• 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
3 May 2024
(verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; “Don’t twist my words”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.