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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Examples of "scald" in Sentences

  • Will catch at us like strumpets, and scald rhymers
  • My stepmother Jennifer could lock the door, twist the dial to scald, and press on.
  • A scald is a burn injury from hot liquid or steam that damages one or more layers of skin.
  • We enjoyed the fruits of the hunts and she could put a "scald" on anything to make it taste good.
  • Pour the rest of the milk into a saucepan, add the sugar and salt, and bring to a scald over medium heat.
  • If the temperature is too rapidly raised while the leaf is full of water the leaf will "scald" or "blister" by turning a greenish black.
  • The line "The hurt your easy tears can scald him with" shows the contrast between the water in "easy tears" and the burning sensation caused by them as they "scald" his father.
  • Does not use hog-pen or cattle manure on tobacco; has tendency to make tobacco brittle and tender; will "scald" more easily, owing to large quantity of sap produced; leaves break off more easily when handling; thinks hog-pen manure better for melons; uses on plant beds if free of cobs.

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