'Scald' definitions:

Definition of 'scald'

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noun
A burn cause by hot liquid or steam
noun
The act of burning with steam or hot water
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" [syn: blister, scald, whip]
verb
Treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled"
verb
Heat to the boiling point; "scald the milk"
verb
Burn with a hot liquid or steam; "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out"

Definition of 'Scald'

From: GCIDE
  • Scald \Scald\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scalded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalding.] [OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. ['e]chauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex + caldus, calidus, warm, hot. See Ex, and Caldron.]
  • 1. To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand. [1913 Webster]
  • Mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall. --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scald'

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  • Scald \Scald\, n. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scald'

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  • Scald \Scald\, a. [For scalled. See Scall.]
  • 1. Affected with the scab; scabby. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Scald crow (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scald'

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  • Scald \Scald\, n. Scurf on the head. See Scall. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Scald'

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  • Scald \Scald\ (sk[a^]ld or sk[add]ld; 277), n. [Icel. sk[=a]ld.] One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes. [Written also skald.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]