Scald the milk?

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Have a recipe here for a Russian poppy seed roll (Mak) which is like a swiss roll with poppy seed mixture rolled up inside. Starts with "scald the milk". Does this just mean heat or is it more like boil?

Anyone know (not much of a cook...)

Bring the milk almost to the boil then remove the pan from the heat immediately.

Thank you. Great.