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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scald  \Scald\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scalded};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Scalding}.]  [OF.  eschalder  eschauder  escauder  F. 
  ['e]chauder,  fr  L.  excaldare  ex  +  caldus,  calidus  warm, 
  hot.  See  {Ex},  and  {Caldron}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  Mine  own  tears  Do  scald  like  molten  lead.  --Shak. 
 
  Here  the  blue  flames  of  scalding  brimstone  fall. 
  --Cowley. 
 
  2.  To  expose  to  a  boiling  or  violent  heat  over  a  fire,  or  in 
  hot  water  or  other  liquor;  as  to  scald  milk  or  meat. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scalding 
  adj  :  hot  enough  to  boil;  "boiling  water"  [syn:  {boiling}] 




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