SCALD


Meaning of SCALD in English

1. v. & n.

--v.tr.

1. burn (the skin etc.) with hot liquid or steam.

2 heat (esp. milk) to near boiling-point.

3 (usu. foll. by out) clean (a pan etc.) by rinsing with boiling water.

4 treat (poultry etc.) with boiling water to remove feathers etc.

--n.

1. a burn etc. caused by scalding.

2 a skin disease caused esp. by air pollution etc. affecting the fruits of some plants.

Phrases and idioms:

like a scalded cat moving unusually fast. scalded cream a dessert made from milk scalded and allowed to stand. scalding tears hot bitter tears of grief etc.

Derivatives:

scalder n.

Etymology: ME f. AF, ONF escalder, OF eschalder f. LL excaldare (as EX-(1), L calidus hot) 2.var. of SKALD.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.