scald

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scald[1,verb] scald[2,noun] scald[3,adjective] scald[4] scald[5,adjective] skald

Main Entry: ¹scald
Pronunciation: 'skold
Function: 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 calEre to be warm -- more at LEE
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