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Pronunciation : Scar
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. escare, F. eschare an eschar, a dry slough (cf. It. & Sp. escara), L. eschara, fr. Gr. Eschar.]
Definition : 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.)

Defn: 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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scar
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Scarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarring.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scar
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To form a scar.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scar
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Scot. scar, scaur, Icel. sker a skerry, an isolated rock in the sea; akin to Dan. ski?r, Sw. sk?r. Cf. Skerry.]
Definition : Defn: 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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scar
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. scarus, a kind of fish, Gr. ska`ros.] (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913