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

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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

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Scald, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalding.] Etym: [OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. échauder, 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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