Scalded

2 definitions found

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

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "scalded":
     aggravated, broken, burned, burst, busted, checked, chipped,
     cracked, crazed, cut, damaged, deteriorated, embittered,
     exacerbated, harmed, hurt, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces,
     in shards, injured, irritated, lacerated, mangled, mutilated, rent,
     ruptured, scorched, shattered, slashed, slit, smashed, split,
     sprung, the worse for, torn, weakened, worse, worse off,
     worsened