scalded I. adjective Etymology: from past participle of scald (I) 1. a.: cooked, burned, or treated with boiling liquid < scalded meal > b.: heated to just below the boiling point < scalded milk > 2.chiefly Australia: composed of hard bare or eroded ground < scalded plains > II. adjective Etymology:scald (IV) + -ed : affected with scald < scalded fruit > < a sheeps scalded foot >