SCAR

I. noun see: shear Date: 14th century an isolated or protruding rock, a steep rocky eminence ; a bare place on the side of a mountain, II. noun Etymology: Middle English e~e, ~, from Middle French e~e scab, from Late Latin eschara, from Greek, hearth, brazier, scab Date: 14th century a mark left (as in the skin) by the healing of injured tissue, 2. a mark left on a stem or branch by a fallen leaf or harvested fruit, cicatrix 2, a mark or indentation resulting from damage or wear, a lasting moral or emotional injury , ~less adjective III. verb (~red; ~ring) Date: 1555 transitive verb to mark with a ~, to do lasting injury to, intransitive verb to form a ~, to become ~red