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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.

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    This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . and not a wrinkle, scar, or fracture on all its body. T. Burnet.

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    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.

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Scar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scarring.] To mark with a scar or scars.

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    Yet I'll not shed her blood;

    Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow. Shak.

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    His cheeks were deeply scarred. Macaulay.

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Scar, v. i. To form a scar.

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Scar, n. [Scot. scar, scaur, Icel. sker a skerry, an isolated rock in the sea; akin to Dan. skiaer, Sw. skär. 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.]

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    O sweet and far, from cliff and scar,

    The horns of Elfland faintly blowing. Tennyson.

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Scar, n. [L. scarus, a kind of fish, Gr. σκάρος.] (Zool.) A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.

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