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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCALD, v.t. [L. caleo, caida, calidus. I suppose the primary sense of caleo is to contract, to draw, to make hard.]
1. To burn or painfully affect and injure by immersion in or contact with a liquor of a boiling heat, or a heat approaching it; as, to scald the hand or foot. We scald the part, when the heat of the liquor applied is so violent as to injure the skin and flesh. Scald is sometimes used to express the effect of the heat of other substances than liquids.
Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall.
2. To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in water or other liquor; as, to scald meat or milk.
SCALD, n. [supra.] A burn, or injury to the skin and flesh by hot liquor.
SCALD, n. Scab; scurf on the head.
SCALD, a. Scurvy; paltry; poor; as scald rhymers.
SCALD, n.
Among the ancient Scandinavians, a poet; one whose occupation was to compose poems in honor of distinguished men and their achievements, and to recite and sing them on public occasions. The scalds of Denmark and Sweden answered to the bards of the Britons or Celts.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a burn cause by hot liquid or steam
2: the act of burning with steam or hot water v
1: 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]
2: treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled"
3: heat to the boiling point; "scald the milk"
4: burn with a hot liquid or steam; "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French *escalder, eschauder, from Late Latin excaldare to wash in warm water, from Latin ex- + calida, calda warm water, from feminine of calidus warm, from cal?re to be warm — more at lee Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam 2. a. to subject to the action of boiling water or steam b. to bring to a temperature just below the boiling point <scald milk> 3. scorch intransitive verb 1. to scald something 2. to become scalded II. noun Date: 1601 1. an injury to the body caused by scalding 2. an act or process of scalding 3. any of various conditions or diseases of plants or fruits marked especially by a usually brownish discoloration of tissue III. adjective Etymology: scall + ¹-ed Date: 1529 1. archaic scabby, scurfy 2. archaic shabby, contemptible IV. variant of skald V. adjective Etymology: alteration of scalded Date: 1791 subjected to scalding <coffee…with scald cream — Charles Kingsley>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 burn (the skin etc.) with hot liquid or steam. 2 heat (esp. milk) to near boiling-point. 3 (usu. foll. by out) clean (a pan etc.) by rinsing with boiling water. 4 treat (poultry etc.) with boiling water to remove feathers etc. --n. 1 a burn etc. caused by scalding. 2 a skin disease caused esp. by air pollution etc. affecting the fruits of some plants. Phrases and idioms: like a scalded cat moving unusually fast. scalded cream a dessert made from milk scalded and allowed to stand. scalding tears hot bitter tears of grief etc. Derivatives: scalder n. Etymology: ME f. AF, ONF escalder, OF eschalder f. LL excaldare (as EX-(1), L calidus hot) 2. var. of SKALD.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scald Scald, n. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scald Scald, a. [For scalled. See Scall.] 1. Affected with the scab; scabby. --Shak. 2. Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers. [Obs.] --Shak. Scald crow (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scald Scald, n. Scurf on the head. See Scall. --Spenser.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(scalds, scalding, scalded) 1. If you scald yourself, you burn yourself with very hot liquid or steam. A patient scalded herself in a hot bath. ...a child with a scalded hand. VERB: V n, V-ed 2. A scald is a burn caused by very hot liquid or steam. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Burn (with a hot liquid). II. a. Scurvy, paltry, poor. III. n. Skald, ancient Scandinavian poet.

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