noun

1. a mark left on the skin or other tissue after a wound, burn, ulcer, pustule, lesion, etc. has healed; cicatrix
2. a similar mark or cicatrix on a plant, as one on a stem where a leaf was attached
3. a marring or disfiguring mark on anything
4. the lasting mental or emotional effects of suffering or anguish

Etymology: ME, aphetic < MFr escarre < LL eschara < Gr, orig., fireplace, brazier

transitive verb scarred, scarring scar′·ring

intransitive verb

noun

1. a precipitous rocky place or cliff
2. a projecting or isolated rock, as in the sea

Etymology: ME skerre < ON sker: for IE base see shear