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.

Source : WordNet®

scalding
     adj : marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks
           about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"
           [syn: {scathing}, {blistering}, {vituperative}]