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er 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. Shak.

One who scolds.

a. & n. from Scold, v. Scolding bridle, an iron frame. See Brank, n., 2.

In a scolding manner.

To exceed in scolding. Shak.

Characterized by wrangling; scolding. [R.] Fielding.

To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. Holland. Motley.

To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down. [Obs.] Shak.

rst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by an explosion; as, to blow up a fort. (e) To scold violently; as, to blow up a person for some offense. [Colloq.] I have blown him up well -- nobody can say I wink at what he does. G. Eliot. To blow upon. (a) To blast; to taint; to bring into discredit; to render stale, unsa…

To bully; to scold. [Collog.] J. Fletcher.

A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.

To complain loudly; to scold.

Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy. She is an irksome brawling scold. Shak.

in a pleasure park reserved for horseback exercise. -- Bridle track, a bridle path. -- Scolding bridle. See Branks, 2.

A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip. [Obs.] [Written also callat.]

An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket. Blacktone.

A quarrelsome woman; a scold. [Colloq.]

to catch a train. To catch fire, to become inflamed or ignited. -- to catch it to get a scolding or beating; to suffer punishment. [Colloq.] -- To catch one's eye, to interrupt captiously while speaking. [Colloq.] "You catch me up so very short." Dickens. -- To catch up, to snatch; to take up suddenly.…

To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with. Upbraided, chid, and rated at. Shak.

A female scold. [Obs.]