From scald + -ing.

scalding (comparative more scalding, superlative most scalding)

1. (of a liquid) Hot enough to burn.
2. (figurative) Scorching; scathing.

   a scalding attack on his critics

• scalding hot

scalding

1. present participle and gerund of scald

scalding (plural scaldings)

1. An instance of scalding: a burn.

From Old French escalin, from Middle Dutch schelling (“shilling”). Doublet of shilling.

• stalling

scalding (plural scaldings)

1. (numismatics, historical) Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.

   See synonyms at steeping.