scald

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The burn or the scald ought to be enveloped in it; layer after layer should be applied until it be several inches thick.

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  1. transitive verb To burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
  2. transitive verb To subject to or treat with boiling water: scalded the hide to remove the hair; scalded and peeled the tomatoes.
  3. transitive verb To heat (a liquid, such as milk) almost to the boiling point.
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  • The line "The hurt your easy tears can scald him with" shows the contrast between the water in "easy tears" and the burning sensation caused by them as they "scald" his father. —  LearnHub Activities
  • It can scald or can split, have gray mold cover it.
  • Install visual / extra loud alarms Water heater is set to safe temperature Install anti-scald devices are installed on faucets —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Heat milk until barely steaming, but do not boil (scald). —  LAist
  • It appears quite real and when burned by it, wow the scald is immeasurable. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
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  1. Middle English scalden, from Old North French escalder, from Late Latin excaldāre, to wash in hot water : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin calidus, caldus, warm, hot; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English scalden, schalden, scolden, scald, burn (with hot liquid or with a hot iron), = Icelandic skālda = Norwegian skaalda = Swedish skålla = Danish skolde, scald, from Old French escalder, eschauder, French échauder = Spanish Portuguese escaldar = Italian scaldare, heat with hot water, scald, from Late Latin excaldare, wash in hot water, from Latin ex-, out, thoroughly, + caldus, contr. of calidus, hot, from calere, be hot: see calid, caldron, etc., and cf. chafe, ult. from the same Latin verb.
  2. from scald, v.
  3. An erroneous form of scall, apparently due to confusion with scald, a.
  4. Short for scaldweed.
 

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