plural of scalding

To burn with hot liquid. / (cooking) To heat almost to boiling.

A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.

(obsolete) Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.

(obsolete) Affected with the scab; scabby. / (obsolete) Paltry; worthless.

Alternative form of skald

(of a liquid) Hot enough to burn.

present participle of scald

An instance of scalding: a burn.

(numismatics, historical) Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.