n. [ Scot. scar, scaur, Icel. sker a skerry, an isolated rock in the sea; akin to Dan. skiaer, Sw. skär. Cf. Skerry. ] An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth. [ Written also scaur. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O sweet and far, from cliff and scar,
The horns of Elfland faintly blowing. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To form a scar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scarred p. pr. & vb. n. Scarring. ] To mark with a scar or scars. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet I'll not shed her blood;
Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His cheeks were deeply scarred. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scarus, a kind of fish, Gr. ska`ros. ] (Zool.) A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escare, F. eschare an eschar, a dry slough (cf. It. & Sp. escara), L. eschara, fr. Gr. &unr_; hearth, fireplace, scab, eschar. Cf. Eschar. ] 1. A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement. [ 1913 Webster ]

This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . and not a wrinkle, scar, or fracture on all its body. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust. under Axillary. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. Same as Scarab in both senses.

{ } n. [ L. scarabaeus; cf. F. scarabée. ] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species (Scarabaeus sacer, and Scarabaeus Egyptiorum). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Egyptian Archaeology, Jewelry) A stylized representation of a scarab beetle carved in stone or faience, or made in baked clay, usually in a conventionalized form in which the beetle has its legs held closely at its sides, and commonly having an inscription on the flat underside; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving the formalized scarab design on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [ a bracelet containing scarabs ]; a ring with a scarab [ the carved stone itelf ]. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Scarab + -oid. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A scaraboid beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. scaramouche, It. scaramuccio, scaramuccia, originally the name of a celebrated Italian comedian; cf. It. scaramuccia, scaramuccio, F. escarmouche, skirmish. Cf. Skirmish. ] A personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain) characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a person of like characteristics; a buffoon. [ 1913 Webster ]