scaul

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English scalled, past participle of Middle English scalden, from Old Northern French escalder (cf. central Old French eschauder, eschalder), from Late Latin excaldāre (bathe in hot water), from Latin ex- (off, out) + cal(i)dus (hot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɔːɫ/, /skɔɫt/, /skaɫt/

Adjective

scaul

  1. scalding
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Scaul hoate.
      Scalding hot.

Derived terms

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 66
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