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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scold \Scold\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scolded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Scolding}.] [Akin to D. schelden, G. schelten, OHG. sceltan,
      Dan. skielde.]
      To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter
      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.
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