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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1718-1961
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SCAULD, v., n. Also scald, scal(l), scaul, scawl, skaal, skaul and anglicised form scowld (Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 43; Sh. 1918 T. Manson Peat Comm. 85). Sc. forms and usages of Eng. scold. [m.Sc. skǫl(d); ne.Sc. skɑ:l; I.Sc., Cai. skʌuld]
I. v. As in Eng. Gen.Sc. Vbl.n., ppl.adj. scaul(d)in(g). Deriv. scalderation, a row, shindy. Comb. scaulin pyock, a loose fold of skin under the jaws of a fat person, a double chin (Abd.30 1954; Bnff. 1969), a sulky face. See Pock.Sc. 1725 Ramsay T.-T. Misc. (1876) I. 192:
For I maun hae a wife that will rise in the morning, Crudle a' the milk, and keep the house a-scaulding.Rnf. 1792 A. Wilson Poems II. (1876) 9:
Swear by every thing that's gude, Ne'er again your spouse to scal' him.Sc. 1813 The Scotchman 97:
I gat a bardie an scawlin letter.Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary xxvi.:
The wife, she maun get the scull on her back, and awa' wi' the fish . . . and scauld and ban wi' ilka wife.Gall. c.1870 Bards (Harper 1889) 226:
Noo, let me by, or I'll be late, An' maybe get a scalin'.Bwk. 1876 W. Brockie Confessional 184:
She'll threep, an' she'll skaul, till she's black i' the face.Sh. 1918 T. Manson Peat Comm. 77:
What a scalderation shu'll mak o it, bangin an thumpin, rippin doon an rippin up ower da keys laek a nor-east gale.Abd.1 1929:
The leddy lat doon a gey scaulin pyock at the bairns stealin' her berries.Abd. 1961 People's Jnl. (24 June) 11:
Mony a gweed skaalin' he got for doiterin' on the road.
II. n. 1. As in Eng., a scold, scolding woman, termagant (Sc. 1825 Jam.). Gen.Sc., obsol.Sc. 1718 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 79:
He shook her, and sware muckle Dool Ye's thole for this, ye Scaul.Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 87:
Job himsell cou'd scarcely thole the scauld.Per. 1816 J. Duff Poems 80:
An idle taupy, an' a scauld beside.Gsw. 1838 A. Rodger Poems 303:
O sic a scauld is Betty! Xantippe's sel', wi' snash sae snell.Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 45:
Why do ye alloo' sic a fearfu' scald to live i' the parish without punishment.Abd. 1909 J. Tennant Jeannie Jaffray i.:
Gratefu' for Eppie's usual warm welcome . . . for, tho' a scaul, I cudna want her.
2. Scolding, railing, abuse; the act of scolding (Sc. 1825 Jam.). Gen.Sc.Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 138:
Marion, for a bastard son, The waefu' scald o' our Mess John to bide.Ayr. 1786 Burns Address to the Deil xviii.:
An' lows'd his ill-tongu'd, wicked scawl.Rxb. 1815 J. Ruickbie Poems 65:
Makes us the butt of a' his scawl.Dmf. 1831 R. Shennan Tales 65:
Whiles they got a skelp or scauld.
