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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Scar \Scar\, n. [L. scarus, a kind of fish, Gr. ska`ros.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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