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will scald

  • future tense
    of scald.
    scald
    verb (used with object)
    to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.

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“I think people think that a little extra sun will help their plants, but it will scald them because they are only used to being in a protected space,” Venice says.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

In scalding your hogshead I would recommend the use of a shovel full of ashes, which will scald more sharply.

From The Practical Distiller An Introduction To Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Spirits, &c. &c. of Better Quality, and in Larger Quantities, than Produced by the Present Mode of Distilling, from the Produce of the United States by Samuel McHarry

It will scald the hand, and boil an egg hard in ten minutes.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

If water be made as hot as it can be made, and if chocolate be made as hot as it can be made, the chocolate will scald you the most.

From Practical Education, Volume II by Maria Edgeworth

Care must be taken not to put the yeast in when the dough is hot, as it will scald it, and prevents its rising.

From The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous

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