Mar (?), n. A small lake. See
Mere. [Prov. Eng.]
Mar, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Marred (märd); 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. "It makes us, or
it mars us." "Striving to mend, to mar the subject."
Shak.
Mar, n. A mark or blemish made by
bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.