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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Maa \Maa\, n. [See {New} a gull.] (Zo["o]l.) The common European gull ({Larus canus}); -- called also {mar}. See {New}, a gull. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h, Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zo["o]l.) A gull, esp. the common British species ({Larus canus}); called also {sea mew}, {maa}, {mar}, {mow}, and {cobb}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mar \Mar\, n. A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like a disfigurement. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mar \Mar\, n. A small lake. See {Mere}. [Prov. Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mar \Mar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marred} (m["a]rd); p. pr & vb n. {Marring}.] [OE. marren, merren, AS merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS merrian, OHG. marrjan merran; cf D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf {Moor}, v.] 1. To make defective; to do injury to esp. by cutting off or defacing a part to impair; to disfigure; to deface. I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks. --Shak. But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost. --Dryden. Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage. --Milton. 2. To spoil; to ruin. ``It makes us or it mars us.'' ``Striving to mend, to mar the subject.'' --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Mar n : the month following February and preceding April [syn: {March}, {Mar}] v 1: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: {impair}, {spoil}, {deflower}, {vitiate}] 2: destroy, as of a limb [syn: {mutilate}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: MAR Microprogram Address Register
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