Scarring

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scar \Scar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scarred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Scarring}.]
     To mark with a scar or scars.
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           Yet I'll not shed her blood;


           Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow. --Shak.
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           His cheeks were deeply scarred.          --Macaulay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scarring \Scar"ring\, n.
     A scar; a mark.
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           We find upon the limestone rocks the scarrings of the
           ancient glacier which brought the bowlder here.
                                                    --Tyndall.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scarring
       See {scar}