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.

To chide with rudeness and boisterous clamor; to rate.

Arude, clamorous, foul-mouthed woman. Scolds answer foul-mouth’d scolds.

A scolding; a brawl.&