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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a burn cause by hot liquid or steam;

2. the act of burning with steam or hot water;


VERB (4)

1. subject to harsh criticism;
- Example: "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"
- Example: "the professor scaled the students"
- Example: "your invectives scorched the community"
[syn: blister, scald, whip]

2. treat with boiling water;
- Example: "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled"

3. heat to the boiling point;
- Example: "scald the milk"

4. burn with a hot liquid or steam;
- Example: "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scald \Scald\, n.
   Scurf on the head. See Scall. --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scald \Scald\, n.
   A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid,
   or by steam.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scald \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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scald
    n 1: a burn cause by hot liquid or steam
    2: the act of burning with steam or hot water
    v 1: subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the
         administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor
         scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the
         community" [syn: blister, scald, whip]
    2: treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can be
       peeled"
    3: heat to the boiling point; "scald the milk"
    4: burn with a hot liquid or steam; "She scalded her hands when
       she turned on the faucet and hot water came out"