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Scar (?), n. [OF. escare, F. eschare an eschar, a dry slough (cf. It. & Sp. escara), L. eschara, fr. Gr. &unr_; 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.
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This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . and not a wrinkle, scar, or fracture on all its body.
T. Burnet.
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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.
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Scar, v. i. To form a scar.
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Scar, n. [L. scarus, a kind of fish, Gr. skaros.] (Zoöl.) A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.
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