Thesaurus: scald

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. t. To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat.
3. n. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.
4. a. Affected with the scab; scabby.
5. a. Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers.
6. n. Scurf on the head. See Scall.
7. n. One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes.
8. n. a burn cause by hot liquid or steam
9. n. the act of burning with steam or hot water
10. v. subject to harsh criticism
11. v. treat with boiling water
12. v. heat to the boiling point