[scald] vb [ME, fr. ONF escalder, fr. LL excaldare to wash in warm water, fr. L ex- + calida, calda warm water, fr. fem. of calidus warm, fr. calere to be warm--more at lee] vt (13c) 1: to burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam
2. a: to subject to the action of boiling water or steam b: to bring to a temperature just below the boiling point "~ milk"
3: scorch ~ vi 1: to scald something
2: to become scalded
[2]scald n (1601) 1: an injury to the body caused by scalding
2: an act or process of scalding
3: any of various conditions or diseases of plants or fruits marked esp. by a usu. brownish discoloration of tissue [3]scald adj [scall + [1]-ed] (1561) 1 archaic: scabby, scurfy
2. archaic: shabby, contemptible [4]scald var of skald [5]scald adj [alter. of scalded] (1791): subjected to scalding "coffee ... with ~ cream --Charles Kingsley"