cicatrice

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For it was the body of his friend, John St. Helen, beyond peradventure?a hooplike scar over the eye, a neck cicatrice, an old leg fracture, a crooked thumb.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since 1880, since the administration of President Hayes, the wound has been steadily healing, until it has come to seem no longer a burning sore, but an honourable cicatrice.

From America To-day, Observations and Reflections by Archer, William

He was slashed with a wide cicatrice of livid scar tissue from one cheekbone across his nose and down to the button of his jaw on the other side.

From Valley of the Croen by Tarbell, Lee

The cicatrice served also as a mark of mutual recognition, so that the object and plans of the leaguers should never be discussed with others.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

Lean but on a Rush, The cicatrice and capable impressure Thy palm some moment keeps.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson