The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scald crow
Scald \Scald\, a. [For scalled. See Scall.]
Affected with the scab; scabby.
--Shak.-
Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers. [Obs.]
--Shak.Scald crow (Zo["o]l.), the hooded crow. [Ireland]
Scald head (Med.), a name popularly given to several diseases of the scalp characterized by pustules (the dried discharge of which forms scales) and by falling out of the hair.
Usage examples of "scald crow".
She was Cathbodua, battle scald crow, and though diminished in power, she was still one of the few in the courts who had kept her original name.