scald

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for scald

scald 🔊 /skɔˈld/

scald : ආතප්තය

scald : පිලිස්සීම

scald definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.
  2. To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat.

Noun.

  1. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.
  2. Scurf on the head. See Scall.
  3. One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes.

Adjective.

  1. Affected with the scab; scabby.
  2. Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers.