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Webster 1913 Edition

Scar

Scar

,
Noun.
[OF.
escare
, F.
eschare
an eschar, a dry slough (cf. It. & Sp.
escara
), L.
eschara
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] 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

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
His cheeks were deeply
scarred
.
Macaulay.

Scar

,
Verb.
I.
To form a scar.

Scar

,
Noun.
[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
.]
O sweet and far, from cliff and
scar
,
The horns of Elfland faintly blowing.
Tennyson.

Scar

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Scar

SC'AR

,
Noun.
1.
A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal made by a wound or an ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed. The soldier is proud of his scars.
2.
Any mark or injury; a blemish.
The earth had the beauty of youth - and not a wrinkle, scar or fracture on its body.
3.
[L. scarus; Gr.] A fish of the Labrus kind.

SC'AR

,
Verb.
T.
To mark with a scar.

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