Scalded
[skɔ:ldid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Scald
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Examples
- But, as princes seldom get their meat hot, my legs were not scalded, only my stockings and breeches in a sad condition. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Scalded or Pasteurized milk saves the lives of scores of babies, because the germs of summer complaint which lurk in poor milk are killed and rendered harmless in the process of scalding. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- After they are a week old feed anything they can eat, but never feed meal in a raw state, as it should be scalded first. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The black teapot, being very small and easily filled, ran over while Mrs. Corney was moralising; and the water slightly scalded Mrs. Corney's hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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