Scald, a.
  1. Affected with the scab; scabby.
  2. Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers. [Obs.]
  Scald crow Zool., 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.