- (a.) Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers.
- (n.) Scurf on the head. See Scall.
- (n.) One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes.
- (a.) Affected with the scab; scabby.
- (n.) A burn or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid or by steam.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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