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Webster 1913 Edition

Scold

Scold

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scolded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Scolding
.]
[Akin to D.
schelden
, G.
schelten
, OHG.
sceltan
, Dan.
skielde
.]
To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; – often with at;
as, to
scold
at a servant
.
Pardon me, lords, ’t is the first time ever
I was forced to
scold
.
Shakespeare

Scold

,
Verb.
T.
To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.

Scold

,
Noun.
1.
One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
She is an irksome, brawling
scold
.
Shakespeare
2.
A scolding; a brawl.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scold

SCOLD

, v.i.
To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter railing or harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; with at; as, to scold at a servant. A scolding tongue, a scolding wife, a scolding husband, a scolding master, who can endure?
Pardon me, 'tis the first time that ever I'm forc'd to scold.

SCOLD

,
Verb.
T.
To chide with rudeness and boisterous clamor; to rate. [The transitive use of this word is of recent origin, at least within my knowledge.]

SCOLD

,
Noun.
1.
A rude, clamorous, foul-mouthed woman.
Scolds answer foul-mouth'd scolds.
2.
A scolding; a brawl.

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