(1):

(n.) A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.

(2):

(n.) A small lake. See Mere.

(3):

(v.) To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.

(4):

(v.) To spoil; to ruin.