Scald

/skɔld/ · verb

Meaning

To burn with hot liquid..

Definitions by Sense

1. To burn with hot liquid.
2. (cooking) To heat almost to boiling.
3. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
4. 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.
5. (Appalachia) Poor or bad land.
6. (obsolete) Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.
7. (obsolete) Affected with the scab; scabby.
8. (obsolete) Paltry; worthless.

Example Sentences

to scald the hand

Mine own tears / Do scald like molten lead.

Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall.

The fireman was scalded by steam, but he did not fare so badly as the enemy pilot, whose dead body was found on a bank about 100 yd. away from the train.

Scald the milk until little bubbles form.

[…] 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 when newly made.

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 the scald[:] In a 1-pint deli container (or similar container), combine the dark rye flour and boiling water and mix thoroughly until there is no dry flour. [...] let rest overnight […]

Her craftie head was altogether bald, / And as in hate of honorable eld, / Was ouergrowne with scurfe and filthy scald[…].

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• scalds
• scalding
• scalded
• more scald
• most scald

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