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]