Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - scald

 I. verb  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French *e~er, eschauder, from Late Latin excaldare to wash in warm water, from Latin ex- + calida, calda warm water, from feminine of calidus warm, from calere to be warm — more at lee  Date: 13th century  transitive verb  1. to burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam  2.  a. to subject to the action of boiling water or steam  b. to bring to a temperature just below the boiling point ~ milk  3. scorch  intransitive verb  1. to ~ something  2. to become ~ed  II. noun  Date: 1601  1. an injury to the body caused by ~ing  2. an act or process of ~ing  3. any of various conditions or diseases of plants or fruits marked especially by a usually brownish discoloration of tissue  III. adjective  Etymology: scall + 1-ed  Date: 1529  1. archaic scabby, scurfy  2. archaic shabby, contemptible  IV. variant of skald  V. adjective  Etymology: alteration of ~ed  Date: 1791 subjected to ~ing coffee…with ~ cream — Charles Kingsley