[skawld] 
| 1. | to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam. |
| 2. | to subject to the action of boiling or hot liquid. |
| 3. | to heat to a temperature just short of the boiling point: to scald milk. |
| 4. | to parboil or blanch (fruit, vegetables, etc.). |
| 5. | to be or become scalded. |
| 6. | a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam. |
| 7. | any similar condition, esp. as the result of too much heat or sunlight. |
| 8. | Plant Pathology.
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[skawld, skahld] | one of the ancient Scandinavian poets. |
| scald 1 (skôld) v. scald·ed, scald·ing, scalds v. tr.
To become scalded. n.
[Middle English scalden, from Old North French escalder, from Late Latin excaldāre, to wash in hot water : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin calidus, caldus, warm, hot; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| scald 2 (skôld, skäld) n. Variant of skald. |
| scald 3 (skôld, skäld) n. Variant of scall. |
| scall (skôl, skäl) n. A scaly eruption of the skin or scalp. [Middle English, from Old Norse skalli, a bald head; see skel-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| skald also scald (skôld, skäld) n. A medieval Scandinavian poet, especially one writing in the Viking age. [Old Norse skāld; see sekw-3 in Indo-European roots.] skald'ic adj. |
scald (skôld)
v. scald·ed, scald·ing, scalds
To burn with a hot liquid or steam. n.
A body injury caused by scalding.
