Scold
41scold — [skəʊld] verb [T] old fashioned to criticize someone angrily because they have done something that is wrong …
42scold — /skoʊld / (say skohld) verb (t) 1. to find fault with; chide. –verb (i) 2. to find fault; reprove. 3. to use abusive language. –noun 4. a person, especially a woman, who is habitually abusive: *the jolly life of their fathers, when scolds could… …
43scold — Nuku, ke u, ho okekē, ho okekē niho, huhū. Also: ho okekē nuku, ha akekē, hae, kolokolo, waha lapalapa, meku, pakake u, kūkahalakē, kekē …
44scold — At common law, a troublesome and angry person who, by brawling and wrangling among his or her neighbors, breaks the public peace, increases discord, and becomes a public nuisance to the neighborhood. A quarrelsome, brawling, vituperative person …
45scold — v. & n. v. 1 tr. rebuke (esp. a child, employee, or inferior). 2 intr. find fault noisily; complain; rail. n. archaic a nagging or grumbling woman. Derivatives: scolder n. scolding n. Etymology: ME (earlier as noun), prob. f. ON skaacuteld SKALD …
46scold's bridle — noun another term for branks …
47Common scold — Punishing a common scold in the dunking stool In the common law of crime in England and Wales, a common scold was a species of public nuisance a troublesome and angry woman who broke the public peace by habitually arguing and quarreling with her… …
48common scold — noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault • Syn: ↑scold, ↑scolder, ↑nag, ↑nagger • Derivationally related forms: ↑nag (for: ↑nagger), ↑ …
49The Scold's Bridle — infobox Book | name = The Scold s Bridle title orig = translator = image caption = author = Minette Walters cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Crime / Mystery novel publisher = Pan Books release date = 6… …
50common scold — A person who frequently or habitually causes public disturbances or breaks the peace by brawling or quarreling. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. common scold A person who frequen …
