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Scald   /skɔld/   Listen
Scald

noun
1.
A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
2.
The act of burning with steam or hot water.
verb
(past & past part. scalded; pres. part. scalding)
1.
Subject to harsh criticism.  Synonyms: blister, whip.  "The professor scaled the students" , "Your invectives scorched the community"
2.
Treat with boiling water.
3.
Heat to the boiling point.
4.
Burn with a hot liquid or steam.





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"Scald" Quotes from Famous Books



... company and wanted me to come cook dinner. I didn't go but I told her I would be on and cook dinner soon as I could turn loose the washing. There was two colored girls and a white girl could done the cooking but I was a good cook. The girl put on the water for me to scald the chickens soon as she went to the house. When I got there Mrs. Field Mathis had a handful of switches corded together to beat me. I picked up the pan of boiling water to scald the chickens in. She got scared ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Arkansas Narratives Part 3 • Works Projects Administration
... is a "pig boiler." The pig boiling must be done at a certain temperature (the pig is iron) just as a farmer butchering hogs must scald the carcasses at a certain temperature. If the farmer's water is too hot it will set the hair, that is, fix the bristles so they will never come out; if the water is not hot enough it will fail ...
— The Iron Puddler • James J. Davis
... turned her back upon him to chat with the waitress over by the food counter. With no eye upon him, he put both hands about the cup and succeeded in raising it to his lips. The hands were still shaky, but he managed some sips of the stuff, and then a long draught that seemed to scald him. He wasn't sure if it scalded or not. It was pretty hot, and fire ran through him. He drained the cup—still holding it with both hands. It was an amazing sensation to have one's hand refuse to obey so simple an ...
— Merton of the Movies • Harry Leon Wilson
... to burn and scald Medio Pollito, and he danced and hopped from one side of the pot to the other, trying to get away from the heat, and ...
— The Green Fairy Book • Various
... side sat Eyvnid, his nephew, who was a famous scald, or bard. They rose and looked ...
— Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. • Charles Morris


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