Sca"la*ry (?), a. [L. scalaris, fr. scalae, pl. scala, staircase,
ladder.] Resembling a ladder; formed with steps. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Scal"a*wag (?), n. A scamp; a scapegrace. [Spelt also scallawag.]
[Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.
Scald (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scalded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalding.] [OF.
eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. échauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex +
caldus, calidus, warm, hot. See Ex, and Caldron.] 1. To burn with hot
liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in,
any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.
Mine own tears Do scald like molten lead.
Shak.
Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall.
Cowley.
2. To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water
or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat.
Scald, n. A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid,
or by steam.
Scald, a. [For scalled. See Scall.] 1. Affected with the scab; scabby.
Shak.