Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - scald
Scald
scald
1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 burn (the skin etc.) with hot liquid or steam. 2 heat (esp. milk) to near boiling-point. 3 (usu. foll. by out) clean (a pan etc.) by rinsing with boiling water. 4 treat (poultry etc.) with boiling water to remove feathers etc. --n. 1 a burn etc. caused by scalding. 2 a skin disease caused esp. by air pollution etc. affecting the fruits of some plants. Phrases and idioms like a scalded cat moving unusually fast. scalded cream a dessert made from milk scalded and allowed to stand. scalding tears hot bitter tears of grief etc. Derivatives scalder n. Etymology: ME f. AF, ONF escalder, OF eschalder f. LL excaldare (as EX-(1), L calidus hot) 2. var. of SKALD.
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I. verb see: lee Date: 13th century transitive verb to burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam, 2. to subject to the action of boiling water or steam, to bring to a temperature just below the boiling point , scorch, intransitive verb to ~ something, to become ~ed, II. noun Date: 1601 an injury to the body caused by ~ing, an act or process of ~ing, 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 scabby, scurfy, shabby, contemptible, see: skald V. adjective Etymology: alteration of ~ed Date: 1791 subjected to ~ing ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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