scalding hotadj.

Forms: Also Middle English scladeng.

Etymology: < scalding n.³ + hot adj. and n.¹

Hot enough to scald.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very > scalding hot

scalding?c1225

scalding hota1387

scald-hotc1425

flagrant1614

sharp1742

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 259 Þeryn he gadereth water and heteþ it in his rennynge scladeng [sic; Caxton skaldyng] hoot.

c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 17 Whan þe Mylke his skaldyng hote, caste þe stuf þer-to.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 233 They [sc. springs at Bath] are in maner skalding hote.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 566 Put your first Wort into the Copper again, make it scalding hot.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 127 Keep your ain breath to cool your ain porridge—ye'll find them scalding hot, I promise you.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 302 A scalding-hot steam.

figurative.1562 T. Cooper Answere Def. Truth f. 14^v, in Apol. Priuate Masse Your scaulding hotte and firebourning charitee.1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum Introd. 25 There's more danger of being Lukewarm in Reforming, than Scalding hot.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	scalding hot
释义	scalding hotadj. Forms: Also Middle English scladeng. Etymology: < scalding n.³ + hot adj. and n.¹ Hot enough to scald. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very > scalding hot scalding?c1225 scalding hota1387 scald-hotc1425 flagrant1614 sharp1742 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 259 Þeryn he gadereth water and heteþ it in his rennynge scladeng [sic; Caxton skaldyng] hoot. c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 17 Whan þe Mylke his skaldyng hote, caste þe stuf þer-to. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 233 They [sc. springs at Bath] are in maner skalding hote. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 566 Put your first Wort into the Copper again, make it scalding hot. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 127 Keep your ain breath to cool your ain porridge—ye'll find them scalding hot, I promise you. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 302 A scalding-hot steam. figurative.1562 T. Cooper Answere Def. Truth f. 14^v, in Apol. Priuate Masse Your scaulding hotte and firebourning charitee.1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum Introd. 25 There's more danger of being Lukewarm in Reforming, than Scalding hot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1387
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