(skôld) v.t.
1. To burn with or as with hot liquid or steam.
2. To cleanse or treat with boiling water.
3. To heat (a liquid) to a point just short of boiling.
4. To cook in a liquid which is just short of the boiling point.
—v.i.
5. To be or become scalded.
—noun
1. A burn or injury to the skin by a hot fluid, as steam or water.
2. An act of scalding.
3. A destructive parasitic disease of cranberries.
4. A discoloration of plant tissue due to improper conditions of growth, bad storage, etc. [<AF escalder <LL excaldare wash with hot water <ex- very + calidus hot]

(skôld, skäld) noun
An ancient Scandinavian bard, minstrel, or reciter of eulogies: also spelled skald. [<ON skald]
—scal·dic (skôl′dik, skäl′-) adjective

(skäld, skôld) v.t. & v.i. Scot.
To scold.

(skôld)
See SCALL.