1) Permanently marking 
• (n.) A scar; a mark. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scar
Scar'ring noun A scar; a mark. « We find upon the limestone rocks the scarrings of the ancient glacier which brought the bowlder here.» Tyndall. 
scar, scarring, scarred, scarry 1. A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer has healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement. 2. A lasting effect left on someone's mind by a personal misfortune or unpleasant experience which may leave a person wi...