Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scald \Scald\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scalded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Scalding}.] [OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F.
   ['e]chauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex + caldus, calidus, warm,
   hot. See {Ex}, and {Caldron}.]
   1. To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by
      contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald
      the hand.

            Mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. --Shak.

            Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall.
                                                  --Cowley.

   2. To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in
      hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat.

Scald \Scald\, n.
   A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid,
   or by steam.

Scald \Scald\, a. [For scalled. See {Scall}.]
   1. Affected with the scab; scabby. --Shak.

   2. 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.

Scald \Scald\, n.
   Scurf on the head. See {Scall}. --Spenser.

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. [Written also {skald}.]

         A war song such as was of yore chanted on the field of
         battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons. --Sir
                                                  W. Scott.

Source : WordNet®

scald
     n 1: a burn cause by hot liquid or steam
     2: the act of burning with steam or hot water
     v 1: subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the
          administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor
          scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the
          community" [syn: {blister}, {whip}]
     2: treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can
        be peeled"
     3: heat to the boiling point; "scald the milk"
     4: burn with a hot liquid or steam; "She scalded her hands when
        she turned on the faucet and hot water came out"