Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scaur"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Scar \Scar\, n. [Scot. scar, scaur, Icel. sker a skerry, an
isolated rock in the sea; akin to Dan. ski[ae]r, Sw. sk["a]r.
Cf. {Skerry}.]
An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a
bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth.
[Written also {scaur}.]

O sweet and far, from cliff and scar, The horns of
Elfland faintly blowing. --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Scaur \Scaur\, n.
A precipitous bank or rock; a scar.


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