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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            Mine own tears
            Do scald like molten lead.            --Shak.
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            Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall.
                                                  --Cowley.
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   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.
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Thesaurus Results for Scalding:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
ardent, baking, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, burning hot, canicular, ebullient, feverish, fiery, flushed, grilling, heated, hot, hot as fire, hot as hell, like a furnace, like an oven, overheated, overwarm, parching, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scorching, searing, seething, simmering, sizzling, sizzling hot, smoking hot, sudorific, sweating, sweaty, sweltering, sweltry, toasting, torrid, white-hot
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