"scald" Definition

Definitions for the word "scald" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Affected with the scab; scabby.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Scurf on the head. See Scall.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v.
1 burn (the skin etc.) With hot liquid or steam. 2 heat (esp. Milk) to near boiling point. 3 (usu. Foll. By out) clean with boiling water. n. Burn etc. Caused by scalding. [latin excaldo from calidus hot]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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