Scald \Scald\, a. [For scalled. See {Scall}.]
1. Affected with the scab; scabby. --Shak.
2. Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Scald crow} (Zo["o]l.), the hooded crow. [Ireland]
{Scald head} (Med.), a name popularly given to several
diseases of the scalp characterized by pustules (the dried
discharge of which forms scales) and by falling out of the
hair.