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What's The Definition Of Scar?

\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. 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. ski[ae]r, Sw. sk["a]r. 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.] (Zo["o]l.) A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.