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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Scald, Scad, Skaid, n.2 [17th c. Eng. scald (1601) an injury caused by hot fluid or steam; Scald v.1] fig. ? A mark or blemish. Also in hart-scald or hartskaid, see Hart n.1 4 and *Hart n.1 4. —1640 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 580.
Your cross is of the colour of … Christ … and that … colour will … neither be stained nor cast the colour. Yet it reflects a scad like the cross of Christ
