Middle English Dictionary Entry

scar n.
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Entry Info

Forms scar n. Also (early infl.) scare.
Etymology OF eschar, AF/ONF escar.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

Note: Cp. scorn n.
1.
Contempt, scorn; to ~, to the shame (of sb.); don to ~, to heap scorn on (sb.).
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