I. ˈskȯld verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French * escalder, eschauder, from Late Latin excaldare to wash in warm water, from Latin ex- + calida, calda warm water, from feminine of calidus warm, from calēre to be warm — more at lee
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
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
scald milk
3. : scorch
intransitive verb
1. : to scald something
2. : to become scalded
II. noun
Date: 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 especially by a usually brownish discoloration of tissue
III. adjective
Etymology: scall + -ed (I)
Date: 1529
1. archaic : scabby , scurfy
2. archaic : shabby , contemptible
IV.
variant of skald
V. ˈskȯld adjective
Etymology: alteration of scalded
Date: 1791
: subjected to scalding
coffee…with scald cream — Charles Kingsley