Scald

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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



  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scald \Scald\, n.
     Scurf on the head. See {Scall}. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}, {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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  110 Moby Thesaurus words for "scald":
     abrade, abrasion, bake, bark, be in heat, blaze, blemish, bloody,
     bloom, boil, brand, break, broil, burn, chafe, check, chip, choke,
     claw, combust, concussion, cook, crack, crackle, craze, cut, flame,
     flame up, flare, flare up, flash burn, flicker, flush, fracture,
     fray, frazzle, fret, fry, gall, gash, gasp, glow, hurt, incandesce,
     incise, incision, injure, injury, lacerate, laceration, lesion,
     maim, make mincemeat of, mat burn, maul, mortal wound, mutilate,
     mutilation, pant, parch, pierce, puncture, radiate heat, rend,
     rent, rip, roast, run, rupture, savage, scorch, scotch, scrape,
     scratch, scuff, sear, second-degree burn, seethe,
     shimmer with heat, simmer, singe, skin, slash, slit, smolder,
     smother, sore, spark, sprain, stab, stab wound, steam, stew, stick,
     stifle, strain, suffocate, sunburn, sunscald, sweat, swelter, tear,
     third-degree burn, toast, trauma, traumatize, windburn, wound,
     wounds immedicable, wrench