SCARP
Scarp, n. Etym: [OF. escharpe. See 2d Scarf.] (Her.)
Defn: A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
SCARP
Scarp, n. Etym: [Aphetic form of Escarp.]
1. (Fort.)
Defn: The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
2. A steep descent or declivity.
SCARP
Scarp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarping.]
Defn: To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the
face of a ditch or a rock.
From scarped cliff and quarried stone. Tennyson.
Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. Emerson.
SCARRING
Scar"ring, n.
Defn: A scar; a mark. We find upon the limestone rocks the scarrings of the ancient glacier which brought the bowlder here. Tyndall.