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(Scaldering,) Scowdring, Scouthering, vbl. n. [North. Eng. dial. scalderings (1804) ‘the under-burnt cores of stone lime’ (OED); Scalder v.] a. The action of burning or scalding (as a means of cleaning). b. The drying up or shrivelling (of the skin, etc.). —a. 1647 Tulliallan Coal Wks. 46b.
For scouthering of the pan 16 s. —b. 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. iv.
In sepulchrals … some … preferred to wither in the aire, … preuenting the stinck of putrifaction by scowdring their skins in the sunne
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