What is "scalds"

Usage examples of "scalds".

The leaves are often applied as a rustic remedy to burns and scalds, and are used for dressing blisters.

The inner bark furnishes a soft mucilage, which may be applied externally with healing effect to burns, scalds, and inflammatory swellings.

For a moment Winn, hot, cross, and smarting from many scalds and burns, reviewed the results of his first attempt at preparing a meal with a comical expression, in which wrath and disgust were equally blended.