scald

Etymology 1
From, from (cf. central Old French ), from , from.

Verb

 * 1) To burn with hot liquid.
 * 2)  To heat almost to boiling.
 * 1)  To heat almost to boiling.
 * 1)  To heat almost to boiling.
 * 1)  To heat almost to boiling.
 * 1)  To heat almost to boiling.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: opařit, spařit
 * Finnish:, aiheuttaa palovamma,
 * French:
 * Galician: escaldar
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: combūrō
 * Lithuanian: plikyti
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:, mabanlian, makabanli
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: обшпарювати, обшпарити


 * Bulgarian: запарвам
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: הרתיח
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Norman:

Noun

 * 1) A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
 * 2)  Poor or bad land.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: изгорено място
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, escaldadura

Etymology 2
Alteration of or.

Noun

 * 1)  Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.

Adjective

 * 1)  Affected with the scab; scabby.
 * 2)  Paltry; worthless.
 * 1)  Paltry; worthless.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:scabby
 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:despicable

Etymology 2
.

Noun

 * 1) skald

Etymology 1
, later spelling of affected with the, contemptible.

Adjective

 * 1)  affected by a scabby disease of the skin or scalp
 * 2)  scabby, passing into an expression of general opprobrium or revulsion, foul, filthy

Etymology 2
, apparently obsolete after 1483, from.

Noun

 * 1)  one given to the use of vituperation or abusive language
 * 2)  one who by the use of such language causes public disturbance
 * 3)  a foul-mouthed quarreller applied to both men and women, but in the 17th century perh. increasingly to women.

Etymology 3
Possibly from, first certified in 1601.

Noun

 * 1)  a mark or blemish

Etymology 4
, from, from.

Verb

 * 1)  to scorch or burn also of the fire of Purgatory
 * 2)  to burn (a person) by way of punishment
 * 3)  to hurt by, or as by, the action of hot steam or liquid
 * 4)  to affect (something) in a way comparable to the effect produced by the action of hot water or steam; to damage severely
 * 5)  (of thoughts or cares) to inflame or irritate a person, his or her mind
 * 6)  to cleanse, wash out or sterilise with boiling water
 * 7)  to cause (one's lips) to be scalded or burned by eating hot food also with reflexive object.
 * 8)  to suffer the effects of excessive heat; to faint or swoon in consequence of (with) this; to shrivel up
 * 9)  to burn with (in) strong emotion or desire
 * 10)  to behave as if boiling, or about to boil; to froth; to bubble
 * 11)  to set fire to property, etc.; to burn

Etymology 5
.

Verb

 * 1)  to rail; to brawl; to quarrel noisily and in unseemly terms
 * 2)  to rebuke, chide