scar

scar

scar¹ [skär]

n.

[ME, aphetic < MFr escarre < LL eschara < Gr, orig., fireplace, brazier]

1. a mark left on the skin or other tissue after a wound, burn, ulcer, pustule, lesion, etc. has healed; cicatrix

2. a similar mark or cicatrix on a plant, as one on a stem where a leaf was attached

3. a marring or disfiguring mark on anything

4. the lasting mental or emotional effects of suffering or anguish

vt.

scarred, scarring

to mark with or as with a scar

vi.

to form a scar in healing

scar² [skär]

n.

[ME skerre < ON sker: for IE base see SHEAR] Brit.

1. a precipitous rocky place or cliff

2. a projecting or isolated rock, as in the sea