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▪ I. scalded, ppl. a.1|ˈskɔːldɪd|
[f. scald v. + -ed1.]
a. In various uses of scald v.
1494Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 19 Pillows made of..scalded Feathers and dry pulled Feathers together. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Chien, ..The scaulded dog feares euen colde water. 1648G. Daniel Eclog. iii. 158 Scalded palats, who have lost their tasts. 1796Marshall Rur. Econ. W. Eng. I. 250 The cream thus raised is termed ‘scalded cream’, or ‘clouted cream’. 1825Jamieson, Scadded beer, or ale, a drink made of hot beer or ale... Scadded whey, a dish..made by boiling whey on a slow fire, by which a great part of it coagulates into a curdy substance. 1885R. Bridges Nero i. ii. 4 Treat her eyes To hide these scalded rings.
(b) In proverbial phr. like a scalded cat. Hence scalded-cat raid (see quot. 1945).
1934[see mark n.1 12 e]. 1943Times 6 Nov. 2/1 The Luftwaffe..were now using a new type of twin-engine fighter-bomber... From the French coast to Westminster Bridge was a distance of 85 miles. In and out they flashed across it at their fastest speeds—like scalded cats. 1945L. E. O. Charlton Britain at War IV. 80 When a small force of enemy raiders crossed the coast and penetrated towards London on November 8th, 1943,..three of them were destroyed. One of the aircraft brought down was..one of the new twin-engine fighter-bombers described by Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air, a few days previously when he spoke of ‘scalded cat’ raids on London and the South Coast. 1977Hot Car Oct. 75/3 We have driven a converted V6 and it certainly went like a scalded cat. 1977C. McCullough Thorn Birds ii. 45 Meggie hopped out like a scalded cat and dressed herself without even asking for help. 1980Herald (Melbourne) 9 Apr. 7/4 How does it go, old boy? Like a scalded cat.
b. Inflamed or raw as if injured by hot water.
c1450ME. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 76 For a man þat is scalded on his pintill [v.r. for a scaldid pintil]. 1818Art Pres. Feet 206 The superabundant excretion produces langour and feebleness..; whilst the matter itself becomes so corrosive as to produce what is called scalded feet. 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 283 [In sheep] After the scalded parts have been rubbed off in the manner directed. 1851H. Stephens Bk. Farm §3751 Scalded heads.—Sheep are much infested in summer with flies [etc.].
c. Of land: so poor as to support little if any vegetation. Austral.
1936K. C. McKeown Insect Wonders of Australia xx. 163 The eggs are deposited, as a general rule, upon the ‘scalded plains’ of the interior, but the insects will avail themselves of almost any area of hard bare ground. 1948N. C. W. Beadle Vegetation & Pastures of Western New South Wales vi. 58 Scalded surfaces are in general devoid of vegetation, even in the best seasons. 1977Weekly Times (Melbourne) 19 Jan. 17/2 Deep gullies and scalded country are evidence of the worst abuses of valuable farming country.
▪ II. † ˈscalded, ppl. a.2 Obs.
[f. scald n.2 + -ed2.]
= scald a.1
1508Kennedie Flyting w. Dunbar 26 Pretendand the to wryte sic skaldit skrowis. Ibid. 37 Skaldit skaitbird. 1641Cowley Guardian v. vi, Give me the Periwig, boy. What? shall Empress Tabytha's husband go as if his head were scalded? a1704T. Brown Satire on Quack Wks. 1730 I. 64 For scalded heads most learnedly advise. |