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

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

As he spoke, he proceeded, in leisurely fashion, to unbutton the wrist of his shirt, and, baring his arm midway, showed me a pinkish cicatrice of considerable extent.

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James

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

On his cheek Lucian saw the cicatrice of which Diana had spoken, and mainly by which the dead man had been falsely identified as Vrain.

From The Silent House by Hume, Fergus