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(), 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. 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. Scar v. i.To form a scar. Scar n.[Scot. scar, scaur, Icel. sker a skerry, an isolated rock in the sea; akin to Dan. skir, Sw. skr. 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. Scar n.[L. scarus, a kind of fish, Gr. ska°ros.] (Zol.) A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish. スポンサード リンク
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