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Definition of Scaldings
1. scalding [n] - See also: scalding
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scaldings
Literary usage of Scaldings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Months in the Highlands, Orcadia, and Skye by Charles Richard Weld (1860)
"scaldings.— Lighta a-head and around.—Herring-fishing Boats.—Fraserburgh.— The
Moray Firth. — A hot Night. — The Caithness Coast. ..."
2. A History of England Under the Anglo-Saxon Kings by Johann Martin Lappenberg (1845)
"69, mentions an invasion of the ' scaldings,' 'ho also destroyed York. See vol.
ip 218. ' Vita S. Patricii ap. Alford, Annal. Eccl. Anglo-Saxon, t. ii. ..."
3. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"Such a racket and uproar, and hell of a rout, You could not have thought they
behaved so rude, scaldings here, scaldings there. I was glad to creep out. ..."
4. Naval Songs and Ballads by Charles Harding Firth (1908)
"No sooner had we done hoisting of beer, To a place call'd the galley I did
straightway repair. Such a racket and uproar, and hell of a rout, scaldings here, ..."
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