6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scar  \Scar\,  n.  [Scot.  scar,  scaur,  Icel.  sker  a  skerry,  an 
  isolated  rock  in  the  sea;  akin  to  Dan.  ski[ae]r,  Sw  sk["a]r. 
  Cf  {Skerry}.] 
  An  isolated  or  protruding  rock;  a  steep,  rocky  eminence;  a 
  bare  place  on  the  side  of  a  mountain  or  steep  bank  of  earth. 
  [Written  also  {scaur}.] 
 
  O  sweet  and  far  from  cliff  and  scar,  The  horns  of 
  Elfland  faintly  blowing.  --Tennyson. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scar  \Scar\,  n.  [L.  scarus,  a  kind  of  fish,  Gr  ska`ros.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  marine  food  fish,  the  scarus,  or  parrot  fish. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scar  \Scar\,  n.  [OF.  escare,  F.  eschare  an  eschar,  a  dry  slough 
  (cf.  It  &  Sp  escara),  L.  eschara,  fr  Gr  ?  hearth, 
  fireplace,  scab,  eschar.  Cf  {Eschar}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scar  \Scar\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scarred};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Scarring}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scar  \Scar\,  v.  i. 
  To  form  a  scar. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scar 
  n  1:  a  mark  left  by  the  healing  of  injured  tissue  [syn:  {cicatrix}, 
  {cicatrice}] 
  2:  an  indication  of  damage  [syn:  {scratch},  {scrape},  {mark}] 
  v  :  mark  with  a  scar;  "The  skin  disease  scarred  his  face 
  permanently"  [syn:  {mark},  {pock},  {pit}] 

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