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-1 n. சுடுபுண், ஆவிப்பெருக்கம், (வினை.) பொள்ளவை, சுடுபுண் உண்டுபண்ணு, ஆவிப்பொக்குளம் உருவாக்கு, கொதி நிலைக்குச் சற்றுக்குறைவாகச் சூடாக்கு, கொதிநீர்விட்டுக் கழுவு.-2 n. ஸ்காண்டினேவிய நாட்டுப் பாணர், பெரியோர் மீது பாட்டுக்கட்டிப் பாடும் மரபினர்.


Scald, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalding.] Etym: [OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. échauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex + caldus, calidus, warm, hot. See Ex, and Calderon.] 1. To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or imersion 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, n. Defn: A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam. Scald, a. Etym: [For scalled. See Scall.] 1. Affected with the scab; scaby. Shak. 2. Scurry; paltry; as, scald rhymers. [Obs.] Shak. Scald crow (Zoöl.), 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, n. Defn: Scurf on the head. See Scall. Spenser. Scald ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [Icel. skald.] Defn: One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, 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. Scald, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalding.] Etym: [OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. échauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex + caldus, calidus, warm, hot. See Ex, and Calderon.] 1. To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or imersion 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, n. Defn: A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam. Scald, a. Etym: [For scalled. See Scall.] 1. Affected with the scab; scaby. Shak. 2. Scurry; paltry; as, scald rhymers. [Obs.] Shak. Scald crow (Zoöl.), 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, n. Defn: Scurf on the head. See Scall. Spenser. Scald ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [Icel. skald.] Defn: One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, 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.


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