scald

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scald1

▶verb

• 1 injure with very hot liquid or steam.

• 2 heat (milk or other liquid) to near boiling point.

  ■ immerse briefly in boiling water.

  ■ archaic clean by rinsing with boiling water.

• 3 cause to feel a searing sensation like that of boiling water on skin.

▶noun

• 1 a burn or other injury caused by hot liquid or steam.

• 2 any of a number of plant diseases which produce a similar effect to that of scalding, especially a disease of fruit marked by browning and caused by excessive sunlight, bad storage conditions, or atmospheric pollution.

– phrases
like a scalded cat at a very fast speed.

– derivatives
scalding adjective.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. escalder, from late L. excaldare, from L. ex- ‘thoroughly’ + calidus ‘hot’.

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scald2

▶noun variant spelling of skald.

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skald /skɔːld, skald/ (also scald)

▶noun (in ancient Scandinavia) a composer and reciter of poems honouring heroes and their deeds.

– derivatives
skaldic adjective.

– origin from ON skáld, of unknown origin.