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   Maa , n. [See New a gull.] (Zool.) The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull.
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   Mar , n. A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.]
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   Mar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred ; 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.]
   To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.
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   I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks.
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   But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost.
   Dryden.
   
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   Ire, envy, and despair
   Which marred all his borrowed visage.
   Milton.
   
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   To spoil; to ruin. “It makes us, or it mars us.” “Striving to mend, to mar the subject.”  
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   Mar, n. A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.
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   Mew , n. [AS. mw, akin to D. meeuw, G. möwe, OHG. mh, Icel. mār.] (Zool.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
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