/skɔld/, /skɑld/, /skɔːld/
OriginFrom Middle English scalden, from Old Northern French escalder (cf. central Old French eschauder, eschalder), from Late Latin excaldāre (“bathe in hot water”), from ex- (“off, out”) + cal(i)dus (“hot”).
- To burn with hot liquid.
“to scald the hand”
“Mine own tears / Do scald like molten lead.”
“Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall.”
- To heat almost to boiling.
“Scald the milk until little bubbles form.”
- A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
- A paste, made by mixing flour with hot or boiling water (causing starches in it to gelatinize and hold more water) and allowing that mixture to sit and cool, which is added to bread dough to produce a softer bread that takes longer to stale.
“[…] stir in the flour by hand, and afterwards add the boiling water, and stir vigorously as already described for Virgin barm. The scald should not be so stiff as for Virgin, and should taste sweet wh”
“THE NIGHT BEFORE: MIX THE LEAVEN AND PREPARE THE SCALD. [...] mix the rye starter with the whole rye flour and room temperature water. Cover with a lid and let rest overnight, or 8 to 10 hours. Make t”
- AppalachiaPoor or bad land.
- obsolete, uncountableScaliness; a scabby skin disease.
“Her craftie head was altogether bald, / And as in hate of honorable eld, / Was ouergrowne with scurfe and filthy scald[…].”
“Some heale Horses, some cure men, some the plague, some the scald [translating teigne], some the cough, some one kinde of scab, and some another[…].”
- obsoleteAffected with the scab; scabby.
“and let us knog our / prains together to be revenge on this same scald, scurvy, / cogging companion,”
- obsoletePaltry; worthless.
“Would it not grieue a King to be so abuſ’d?
And haue a thouſand horſmen tane away?
And which is worſe to haue his Diadem
Sought for by ſuch ſcalde knaues as loue him not?”
“Saucy lictors / Will catch at us like strumpets, and scald rhymers / Ballad us out o' tune.”
Formsscalds(present, singular, third-person) · scalding(participle, present) · scalded(participle, past) · scalded(past) · scalds(plural) · more scald(comparative) · most scald(superlative)