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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Scald \Scald\, n.
A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid,
or by steam.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.]
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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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