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Webster 1913 Edition
Scald
Scald
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scalded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scalding
.] 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 handMine own tears
Do
Do
scald
like molten lead. Shakespeare
Here the blue flames of
scalding
brimstone fall. Cowley.
2.
To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor;
as, to
. scald
milk or meatScald
,Noun.
A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.
1.
Affected with the scab; scabby.
Shak.
2.
Scurvy; paltry;
as,
. scald
rhymers[Obs.]
Shak.
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.
Scald
(skăld or ska̤ld; 277)
, Noun.
[Icel.
skāld
.] 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
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scald
SCALD
,Verb.
T.
1.
To burn or painfully affect and injure by immersion in or contact with a liquor of a boiling heat, or a heat approaching it; as, to scald the hand or foot. We scald the part, when the heat of the liquor applied is so violent as to injure the skin and flesh. Scald is sometimes used to express the effect of the heat of other substances than liquids.Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall.
2.
To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in water or other liquor; as, to scald meat or milk.SCALD
,Noun.
SCALD
,Noun.
SCALD
,Adj.
SCALD
, n.Among the ancient Scandinavians, a poet; one whose occupation was to compose poems in honor of distinguished men and their achievements, and to recite and sing them on public occasions. The scalds of Denmark and Sweden answered to the bards of the Britons or Celts.