SCALD

I. verb see: lee Date: 13th century transitive verb to burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam, 2. to subject to the action of boiling water or steam, to bring to a temperature just below the boiling point , scorch , intransitive verb to ~ something, to become ~ed, II. noun Date: 1601 an injury to the body caused by ~ing, an act or process of ~ing, any of various conditions or diseases of plants or fruits marked especially by a usually brownish discoloration of tissue, III. adjective Etymology: scall + 1-ed Date: 1529 scabby , scurfy, shabby , contemptible , see: skald V. adjective Etymology: alteration of ~ed Date: 1791 subjected to ~ing