scald
IPA: skˈɔɫd
noun
- A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
- (Appalachia) Poor or bad land.
- (obsolete) Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.
- Alternative form of skald [(historical) A Nordic poet of the Viking Age.]
verb
- To burn with hot liquid.
- (cooking) To heat almost to boiling.
adjective
- (obsolete) Affected with the scab; scabby.
- (obsolete) Paltry; worthless.
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