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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Scar, Skar(re, Sker. [ME sker, once, in the phr. o sker (Manning), of unknown origin. Cf. Scar v.1] A(ne (one) scar, aside, apart, at or from a distance. —1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 126.
Neptunus hid hym lyke one sker 1540 Id. Sat. 1633.
Thay play bokeik evin as I war a skar [Ch. ane skar] c1590 Fowler I 303.
Standing a scar from the reiding and in feare from the pervsing the sam c1611 Melvill in Fugitive Poetry I ii 10/1.
My friends … turn aside, and glance on me a skarre And some, like barking dogs, begin to gnarre
