scalding
Meanings
Adjective
- Hot enough to burn.
Verb
- Present participle of scald
Noun
- An instance of scalding: a burn.
- Synonym of escaline, the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
Related
Similar words
- See steeping
Origin
Modern English dictionary
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