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Rarescald
The correct spelling is scald.
How to pronounce scald
noun
IPA: /skɒld/
Say it like: Sca-ld
The correct spelling is scald. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam. For example: "to scald the hand"
Usage Examples
“to scald the hand”
“Scald the milk until little bubbles form.”
“1913, Henry Bedford-Jones, Flamehair the Skald: A Tale of the Days of Hardrede, passim.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
- 2.Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.
- 3.A Nordic poet of the Viking Age
verb
- 1.To burn with hot liquid.
- 2.To heat almost to boiling.
adjective
- 1.Affected with the scab; scabby.
- 2.Paltry; worthless.
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