Defn: A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.]
MAR Mar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (märd); p. pr. & vb. n. Marring.] Etym: [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
Mar, n.
Defn: A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.
MARA
Ma"ra, n. Etym: [Skr. mara.] (Hind. Myth.)
Defn: The principal or ruling evil spirit. E. Arnold.
MARA
Ma"ra, n. Etym: [Icel. mara nightmare, an ogress. See Nightmare.]
(Norse Myth.)
Defn: A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.