English Dictionary: mar | by the DICT Development Group |
6 results for mar | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mar \Mar\, n. A small lake. See {Mere}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mar \Mar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marred} (m[84]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Marring}.] [OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian, OHG. marrjan, merran; cf. D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf. {Moor}, v.] 1. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface. I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks. --Shak. But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost. --Dryden. Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage. --Milton. 2. To spoil; to ruin. [bd]It makes us, or it mars us.[b8] [bd]Striving to mend, to mar the subject.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mar \Mar\, n. A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Maa \Maa\, n. [See {New} a gull.] (Zo[94]l.) The common European gull ({Larus canus}); -- called also {mar}. See {New}, a gull. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m[?]w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m[94]we, OHG. m[?]h, Icel. m[be]r.] (Zo[94]l.) A gull, esp. the common British species ({Larus canus}); called also {sea mew}, {maa}, {mar}, {mow}, and {cobb}. |