▪ I. † ˈscaldy, a.1 Obs. rare—0.
[f. scald a. + -y.]
Scalled.
| 1598 Florio, Tegnoso, scaldie, or scurfie, hauing a sore head. |
▪ II. scaldy, a.2 local.
(ˈskɔːldɪ)
[f. scald n.3 + -y.]
Of land: Containing ‘scalds’ (see scald n.3 4); easily affected by drought.
| 1898 Rider Haggard Farmer's Year (1899) 64 A good but rather scaldy piece of land. 1899 ― Rural Eng. 366 Forty⁓four coombs of oats..not a bad return from this scaldy soil. |