1. n. & v.
--n.
1. a usu. permanent mark on the skin left after the healing of a wound, burn, or sore.
2 the lasting effect of grief etc. on a person's character or disposition.
3 a mark left by damage etc. (the table bore many scars).
4 a mark left on the stem etc. of a plant by the fall of a leaf etc.
--v. (scarred, scarring)
1. tr. (esp. as scarred adj.) mark with a scar or scars (was scarred for life).
2 intr. heal over; form a scar.
3 tr. form a scar on.
Derivatives:
scarless adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF eschar(r)e f. LL eschara f. Gk eskhara scab 2. n. (also scaur) a steep craggy outcrop of a mountain or cliff.
Etymology: ME f. ON sker low reef in the sea