Scar — Defs

01 n. A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark le…

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A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement.
“This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . and not a wrinkle, scar, or fracture on all its body.” — T. Burnet.
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A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust. under Axillary.(Bot.) See: Axillary

02 v. t. To mark with a scar or scars.

imp. & p. p. Scarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarring

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To mark with a scar or scars.
“Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.” — Shak.

“His cheeks were deeply scarred.” — Macaulay.

03 v. i. To form a scar.

04 n. An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth.

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An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth.
“O sweet and far, from cliff and scar, The horns of Elfland faintly blowing.” — Tennyson.

05 n. A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.