Scald \Scald\, a. [For scalled. See {Scall}.] 1. Affected with the scab; scabby. --Shak. 2. Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers. [Obs.] --Shak. {Scald crow} (Zo["o]l.), 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.