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Scald (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scalded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalding.] [OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. échauder, 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”.
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Mine own tears
Do scald like molten lead. Shak.
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Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall. Cowley.
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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”.
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Scald, n. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.
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Scald, a. [For scalled. See Scall.]
1. Affected with the scab; scabby. Shak.
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2. Scurvy; paltry; as, “scald rhymers”. [Obs.] Shak.
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Scald crow (Zool.), 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.
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Scald, n. Scurf on the head. See Scall. Spenser.
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Scald (skăld or ska̤ld; 277), n. [Icel. skāld.] 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.]
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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.
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