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scald

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1. scald - Noun

2. scald - Adjective

3. scald - Verb

Meaning

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.

To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat.

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

Affected with the scab; scabby.

Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers.

Scurf on the head. See Scall.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday Source: Internet

the professor scaled the students Source: Internet

your invectives scorched the community Source: Internet

She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out Source: Internet

scald the milk Source: Internet

scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled Source: Internet

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