eschar

• ⇰ A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.
• ⇰ In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called >kames > or >kams >.