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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Maa \Maa\, n. [See New a gull.] (Zo["o]l.)
     The common European gull ({Larus canus); -- called also
     mar. See New, a gull.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mar \Mar\, n.
     A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like;
     a disfigurement.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mar \Mar\, n.
     A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mar \Mar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (m["a]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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs
              in their barks.                       --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Ire, envy, and despair
              Which marred all his borrowed visage. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To spoil; to ruin. ``It makes us, or it mars us.''
        ``Striving to mend, to mar the subject.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h,
     Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zo["o]l.)
     A gull, esp. the common British species ({Larus canus);
     called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
     [1913 Webster]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  MAR
       Microprogram Address Register (IC)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Maa \Maa\, n. [See New a gull.] (Zo["o]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["o]we, OHG. m?h,
     Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zo["o]l.)
     A gull, esp. the common British species ({Larus canus);
     called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.

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 ]


  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["a]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. ``It makes us, or it mars us.''
        ``Striving to mend, to mar the subject.'' --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  Mar
       n 1: the month following February and preceding April [syn: March]
       2: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something
          (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" [syn:
          blemish, defect]
       v 1: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: impair,
            spoil, deflower, vitiate]
       2: destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies" [syn: mutilate]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  mar
     Ισπανικά n.
     (ετ γεωγραφία es) η θάλασσα
     Πορτογαλικά n.
     (ετ γεωγραφία pt) η θάλασσα