verb
To burn with hot liquid.
(cooking) To heat almost to boiling.
noun
A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
A paste, made by mixing flour with hot or boiling water (causing starches in it to gelatinize and hold more water) and allowing that mixture to sit and cool, which is added to bread dough to produce a softer bread that takes longer to stale.
(Appalachia) Poor or bad land.
noun
(obsolete) Scaliness; a scabby skin disease.
adjective
(obsolete) Affected with the scab; scabby.
(obsolete) Paltry; worthless.
noun
Alternative form of skald.