Vocabulary : Scalaria to Scalding
Scalaria : Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.Scalariform : Resembling a ladder in form or appearance; having transverse bars or markings like the rounds of a ladder; as, the scalariform cells and scalariform pits in some plants. ;; Like or pertaining to a scalaria.
Scalary : Resembling a ladder; formed with steps.
Scalawag : A scamp; a scapegrace.
Scald : To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand. ;; To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat. ;; A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam. ;; Affected with the scab; scabby. ;; Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers. ;; Scurf on the head. See Scall. ;; One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes.
