scald

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From the Latin for "to wash in hot water", it now means to heat almost to the boiling point scald $300 J WORD ORIGINS 1994-04-13 #2223
Meaning to burn with hot liquid or steam, this word comes from calidus, Latin for "warm" scald $300 J WORD ORIGINS 1993-06-25 #2045
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