scald

/skɒld//skɑld/

noun

  1. 1

    A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.

verb

  1. 1

    To burn with hot liquid.

    “to scald the hand”
  2. 2

    To heat almost to boiling.

    “Scald the milk until little bubbles form.”

noun

  1. 1

    Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.

adjective

  1. 1

    Affected with the scab; scabby.

  2. 2

    Paltry; worthless.

Synonyms

noun

  1. 1

    A Nordic poet of the Viking Age

    “1913, Henry Bedford-Jones, Flamehair the Skald: A Tale of the Days of Hardrede, passim.”

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