scalding
nounEtymology From scald + -ing.
1
An instance of scalding: a burn.
scalding
adjEtymology From scald + -ing.
1
Of a liquid Hot enough to burn.
2
Figuratively Scorching; scathing.
- a scalding attack on his critics
- Derived terms
- scalding hot
scalding
nounEtymology From Old French escalin, from Middle Dutch schelling (“shilling”). Doublet of shilling.
1
Hobbies, Lifestyle, 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.
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