scald

Meanings

Verb

• To burn with hot liquid.
• To heat almost to boiling.

Noun

• A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
• Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.
• Alternative of skald

Adjective

• Affected with the scab; scabby.
• Paltry; worthless.

Origin

• From Middle English scalden, from Old Northern French escalder (Old French eschalder, French échauder), from Late Latin excaldare ("bathe in hot water"), from Latin ex- ("off, out") + calidus
• Alteration of scall or scalled.