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)