See Also: scalding(medicine)
scalding(1)(dictionary)
scalding(2)(dictionary)
scalding(dictionary)
scalding(dictionary)

RESTRAINING (law) and scalding(2) (iou)


RESTRAINING (law)


RESTRAINING. Narrowing down, making less extensive; as, a restraining statute, by which the common law is narrowed down or made less extensive in statute, by which the common law is narrowed down or made less extensive in its operation. its operation.

scalding(2) (iou)



scalding noun2. LME.
[from SCALD verb + -ING1.]
The use of boiling or very hot liquid in the preparation of a carcass for Food; the partial boiling of milk etc.; sing. & in pl., a quantity of liquid thus heated. (Earliest in scalding-house below.) LME.
The action of burning with very hot liquid or steam. LME.
b. Inflamed or sore condition. LME-L16.
c. A hot sensation as of scalding. L16.
d. Horticulture. Scorching of plants by the sun's heat after watering. M19.
Comb.: scalding-house a room in which utensils or the carcasses of animals are scalded.