SCALD

scald. Scald, [a as aw] v.t. to burn with hot liquids

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Scald (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scalded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalding.] [[OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. échauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex + caldus, calidus, warm, hot. See Ex, and Caldron.]] 1. 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. 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.