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Scaliness; scabs

Her craftie head was altogether bald, / And as in hate of honorable eld, / Was ouergrowne with scurfe and filthy scald .

{a} scurvy, paltry
{n} a burn with liquids, a scurf on the head an ancient bard or poet of the north of Europe
{v} to burn with hot liquids
If you scald yourself, you burn yourself with very hot liquid or steam. A patient scalded herself in a hot bath. a child with a scalded hand
{f} burn with hot liquid or steam; treat with or cover with boiling liquid or steam; heat to a temperature just below the boiling point
treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled
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
A scald is a burn caused by very hot liquid or steam. Variant of skald. Variant of scall. to burn your skin with hot liquid or steam (escalder, from excaldare , from calidus ). a burn on your skin caused by hot liquid or steam
(1) To burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam (2) To subject to or treat with boiling water ADVANCE \x 540
subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"
heat to the boiling point; "scald the milk"
Heating milk products without boiling until a scum forms on top, usually about 196 degrees
To burn with hot liquid
To cook liquid, usually milk, over low heat until the temperature reaches just below the boiling point Small bubbles will form around the edge of the liquid
{i} burn caused by boiling liquid or steam
To heat a liquid, usually milk until it is almost boiling at which point very small bubbles begin to form around the age of the pan
treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled"
To heat liquid almost to a boil until bubbles begin to form around the edge
Scurf on the head
Plunging foods with skins, such as tomatoes, into boiling water This loosens and splits the skin, so it can be removed easily
among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes
To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat
To heat just below the boiling point Also to pour boiling water over the food or to dip food briefly into the boiling water
One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc
To heat milk to just below the boiling point (when tiny bubbles appear around edge of pan)
To heat almost to boiling
To heat a liquid almost to the boiling point
A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam
Affected with the scab; scabby
To heat liquid just below the boiling point
To heat a liquid (such as milk) almost to the boiling point
a burn cause by hot liquid or steam
To heat a liquid to just below the boiling point Often used when referring to heating milk Scald also means dipping a food in boiling water
To heat a liquid such as milk to just below the boiling point Scald also means to plunge a food into boiling water to loosen the peel
Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers
To heat milk to just under boiling point
burn with a hot liquid or steam; "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out"
the act of burning with steam or hot water a burn cause by hot liquid or steam burn with a hot liquid or steam; "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out"
the act of burning with steam or hot water
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