Scold [communis rixatrix, Lat.], a troublesome and angry woman who, by brawling and wranging amongst her neighbours, breaks the public peace, increases discord, and becomes a public nuisance to the neighbourhood, 4 Steph. Com. see CASTIGATORY.
A person who regularly breaks the peace by scolding people, increasing discord, and generally being a public nuisance to neighbourhood, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1348.