SCALDING

Etymology 1

Adjective

scalding (not comparable)

(of a liquid) Hot enough to burn.

Verb

scalding

present participle of scald

Noun

scalding (plural scaldings)

An instance of scalding: a burn.

Etymology 2

Noun

scalding (plural scaldings)

(numismatics, historical) synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.

Synonyms

• See steeping

Source: Wiktionary

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SCALD

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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