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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1930
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MAR, v.2 To do bodily harm to, to strike at, to maim, injure, kill; to defeat or punish (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., 1950 Scots Mag. (Feb.) 336, Rxb. 1962). Gipsy.Rxb. c.1930:
Mar him wi' a clouch, fell him with a stone.
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