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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

MAR, v.2 To do bodily harm to, to strike at, to maim, injure, kill; to defeat or punish (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., 1950 Scots Mag. (Feb.) 336, Rxb. 1962). Gipsy.Rxb. c.1930:
Mar him wi' a clouch, fell him with a stone.

[Gipsy mar, mor, to kill. Cf. Hindustani marnā, to die, Skt. mārayate, he kills, < mr, to die.]

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