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noun

Scar n.

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."

(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.

Scar n. (Written also scaur) An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth. "O sweet and far, from cliff and scar, The horns of Elfland faintly blowing."

Scar n. (Zool.) A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.

verb

Scar v. t. (past & past part. scarred; pres. part. scarring) To mark with a scar or scars. "Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow." "His cheeks were deeply scarred."

Scar v. i. To form a scar.

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Etymology of 'Scar'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scar" Quotes from Famous Books

... Scale (of fish) skvamo. Scale of charges tarifo. Scale surrampi. Scales pesilo. Scamp kanajlo. Scan elekzameni. Scandal skandalo. Scandalise skandali. Scandinavian Skandinavo. Scantling lignajxo, trabetajxo. Scanty malsuficxega. Scapegoat propekulo. Scapula skapolo. Scar cikatro. Scarabaeus skarabo. Scarce malsuficxa. Scarcely apenaux. Scarcity malsuficxo. Scare timigi. Scarecrow timigilo. Scarf skarpo. Scarlatina skarlatino. Scarlet skarlato. Scatter disjxeti, dissemi. Scene scenejo. Scene (painted) sceno. ...

— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes

... to lose it all as thou hast done; I rather would have lost my life betimes Than bring a burden of dishonour home By staying there so long till all were lost. Show me one scar character'd on thy skin; Men's flesh preserv'd ...

— King Henry VI, Second Part • William Shakespeare [Rolfe edition]

... close I could see his face clearly. It was a narrow face, with dull gray eyes, and a black moustache. He had a scar on his upper lip, and he was dirty and unshaven. He kept shouting unintelligible ...

— The Door in the Wall And Other Stories • H. G. Wells

... defence; if the ichneumon buzzes nearer, I shift my ground and become a spider. I am the only caterpillar in the country with spider-legs; when they are stretched to their full length and quivering, they are worse to look at than the real thing. Should even this fail me, I show the imitation scar on my fourth body-ring. That usually clinches the matter. The ichneumon fondly imagines that I am already occupied. So, if I am lucky, I turn at length to dingy pupa, ...

— "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" - Studies of Animal life and Character • Douglas English

... And there are the crowds eagerly drinking with faces down; and up yonder in the shadow standeth God grieved, deeply grieved at the false picture this immature people had gotten of Him that day through Moses. Moses' hot tongue and flashing eye made a deep moral scar upon their minds, that it would take years to remove. Something must be done for the people's sake. Moses disobeyed God. He dishonoured God. Yet the waters came, for they needed water. And God is ever tender-hearted. ...

— Quiet Talks on Prayer • S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

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