The warriors leaped as if Scalded, and pulled the spears out of the ground.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
"Ah, I would allow my hand to be cut off, if-" And he did not finish, for Glenn started up suddenly as if Scalded.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
He swallowed it at once, and coughed and swore as it Scalded his throat.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard