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Bring close to boiling
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scald
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Word definitions for scald in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scald \Scald\ (sk[a^]ld or sk[add]ld; 277), n. [Icel. sk[=a]ld.] 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. ...
Usage examples of scald.
There are, furthermore, the accompanying symptoms of a coated tongue, bitter taste in the mouth, unpleasant eructations, scalding of the throat from regurgitation, offensive breath, sick headache, giddiness, disturbed sleep, sallow countenance, heart-burn, morbid craving after food, constant anxiety and apprehension, fancied impotency, and fickleness.
For the first time in months, a portion of her burden lifted and the relief she felt revealed itself with tears, hot brimming tears that burned her eyelids and scalded paths down her cheeks.
But his head was thumping so hard from hurrying that he took time out for a bromo and a cup of scalding hot coffee in the drugstore in a corner of the studio building before lie took the elevator upstairs.
His amused chuckle close to her ear brought her courage back in a flare of scalded pride, and his hand upon her thigh as he braced himself drew her outraged fury.
Mr Perse came in, ate a great many sandwiches in an incredibly short time, drank a scalding cup of tea and then tore out again to superintend the revels in the Butts.
Her head ached, and her veins felt as if their delicate insides had been systematically reamed and scalded.
The large paddle kissed the naked spheres of flesh vehemently, scalding and reddening them instantly.
If peeled and pounded in a mortar, uncooked Potatoes applied cold make a very soothing cataplasm to parts that have been scalded, or burnt.
The first phase of this plan entailed the seizure of the approaches to the Sardi Gorge and particularly important 1: in this dry and scalded desert would be the water supplies of the attacking army.
All that could be done was to smear the scalded and blistered flesh with locomotive grease.
Now that the excitement was over, his scalded foot was beginning to smart.
Yashim jerked his head up, to watch the attendant bringing him a basin of cold water for his scalded foot.
She was scalded over her entire body, save her ankles and feet, which were only mildly burned by comparison.
A striker got careless and was scalded by the steam, and had to be set ashore at Napoleon.
She stared at him, feeling the blood rush from her face only to rush back again almost as quickly in a hot tide that scalded her cheeks and brought stinging tears to her eyes.