Scald, a. [For scalled. See Scall.] 1. Affected with the scab; scabby. Shak.
2. Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers. Shak.
Scald crow(Zoöl.), the hooded crow. — 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.