The Wordsmith Dictionary

Scald, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalding. ] Etym: [OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. échauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex + caldus, calidus, warm, hot. See Ex, and Calderon.]

1. To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or imersion 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.

SCALD

SCALD Scald, n.

Defn: A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.

SCALD

Scald, a. Etym: [For scalled. See Scall. ]

1. Affected with the scab; scaby. Shak.

2. Scurry; paltry; as, scald rhymers. [Obs. ] Shak. Scald crow (Zoöl.), 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.

SCALD

SCALD Scald, n.

Defn: Scurf on the head. See Scall. Spenser.

SCALD

Scald ( or; 277 ), n. Etym: [Icel. skald. ]

Defn: One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, 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.

SCALDER

SCALDER Scald "er, n.

Defn: A Scandinavian poet; a scald.

SCALDFISH

Scald "fish `, n. Etym: [Scald, a. + fish. ] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A European flounder (Arnoglosus laterna, or Psetta arnoglossa ); -- called also megrin, and smooth sole.

SCALDIC

SCALDIC Scald "ic ( or ), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the scalds of the Norsemen; as, scaldic poetry.

New American Oxford Dictionary

scald

scald 1 |skôld skɔld | ▶verb [ with obj. ] injure with very hot liquid or steam: the tea scalded his tongue. • heat (milk or other liquid ) to near boiling point. • immerse (something ) briefly in boiling water for various purposes, such as to facilitate the removal of skin from fruit or to preserve meat. • cause to feel a searing sensation like that of boiling water on skin: hot tears scalding her eyes. ▶noun a burn or other injury caused by hot liquid or steam. • any of a number of plant diseases that produce a similar effect to that of scalding, esp. a disease of fruit marked by browning and caused by excessive sunlight, bad storage conditions, or atmospheric pollution. See also sunscald. ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb ): from Anglo-Norman French escalder, from late Latin excaldare, from Latin ex- ‘thoroughly ’ + calidus ‘hot. ’ The noun dates from the early 17th cent.

scald

scald 2 |skɔld skôld | ▶noun variant spelling of skald.

scaldfish

scald |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or scaldfishes ) a small edible European flatfish of inshore waters, the fragile scales of which are easily scraped off, giving the appearance of a scald. Also called megrim 2. ●Arnoglossus laterna, family Bothidae.

scalding

scald ing |ˈskôldiNG skɔldɪŋ | ▶adjective very hot; burning: she took a sip of scalding tea | [ as submodifier ] : the water was scalding hot. • intense and painful or distressing: a scalding tirade of abuse.

Oxford Dictionary

scald

scald 1 |skɔːld | ▶verb [ with obj. ] injure with very hot liquid or steam: the tea scalded his tongue. • heat (milk or other liquid ) to near boiling point. • immerse (something ) briefly in boiling water for various purposes, such as to facilitate the removal of skin from fruit or to preserve meat. • cause to feel a searing sensation like that of boiling water on skin: she fought to stave off the hot tears scalding her eyes. • archaic rinse (a container ) with boiling water. ▶noun 1 a burn or other injury caused by hot liquid or steam. 2 [ mass noun ] any of a number of plant diseases which produce an effect similar to that of scalding, especially a disease of fruit marked by browning and caused by excessive sunlight, bad storage conditions, or atmospheric pollution. PHRASES like a scalded cat very quickly: he took off like a scalded cat. ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb ): from Anglo-Norman French escalder, from late Latin excaldare, from Latin ex- ‘thoroughly ’ + calidus ‘hot ’. The noun dates from the early 17th cent.

scald

scald 2 ▶noun variant spelling of skald.

scaldfish

scalding

scald |ing |ˈskɔːldɪŋ | ▶adjective very hot; burning: she took a sip of scalding tea | [ as submodifier ] : the water was scalding hot. • intense and painful or distressing: a scalding tirade of abuse.

American Oxford Thesaurus

scalding

scalding adjective a pot of scalding water: extremely hot, burning, blistering, searing, red-hot; piping hot; informal boiling (hot ), sizzling.

Oxford Thesaurus

scald

scald verb the boiling water scalded his skin: burn, scorch, sear; technical cauterize.

scalding

scalding adjective a jet of scalding water: extremely hot, burning, blistering, searing, red-hot; piping hot; informal boiling (hot ), sizzling.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scald

scald /skɔːld /動詞他動詞 1 〈人が〉【熱湯蒸気などで】〈人人体の一部〉をやけどさせる «with , by » (!火によるやけどにはburnを用いる ) ▸ scald oneself with hot steam 熱い蒸気でやけどする .2 …を熱湯消毒する ; 〈野菜など〉を湯通しする .3 〈牛乳など〉を沸騰間際まで熱する .自動詞やけどをする .名詞 1 C (熱湯蒸気などによる )やけど .2 U 〘植〙日焼け病 .

scalding

sc á ld ing 形容詞 1 〈飲み物が〉やけどするくらい熱い ▸ scalding hot coffee 熱々のコーヒー (!scaldingは副詞的 ) 2 〈批判などが〉手厳しい, 辛辣（しんらつ）な .～̀ t é ars (激しい悲しみ後悔の )熱い涙 .