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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scald \Scald\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scalded}; p. pr & vb n.
{Scalding}.] [OF. eschalder eschauder escauder F.
['e]chauder, fr L. excaldare ex + caldus, calidus warm,
hot. See {Ex}, and {Caldron}.]
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.
Mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. --Shak.
Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall.
--Cowley.
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.
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