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·ring n. A scar; a mark.
    We find upon the limestone rocks the scarrings of the ancient glacier which brought the bowlder here.   --Tyndall.

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 scar
      n 1: a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured
           tissue [syn: cicatrix, cicatrice]
      2: an indication of damage [syn: scratch, scrape, mark]
      v : mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face
          permanently" [syn: mark, pock, pit]
      [also: scarring, scarred]


 scarring
      See scar