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Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar - the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752

Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Lady Day, March 25 - a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

March 2, Texas Independence Day - Texans celebrate the anniversary of Texas' declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836

March 19, Saint Joseph, St Joseph - a Christian holy day

Gregorian calendar month - a month in the Gregorian calendar

mid-March - the middle part of March

March equinox, spring equinox, vernal equinox - March 21

appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

birthmark, nevus - a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth

chatter mark - a mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece

chip, check - a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

crack - a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts; "there was a crack in the mirror"

gouge, nick, ding, dent - an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

mole - a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin

scar, scrape, scratch, mark - an indication of damage

burn mark, burn - a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)

blot, smirch, smudge, daub, slur, smear, spot - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"

stigma - a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease

verruca, wart - (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus

milium, whitehead - a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland

blackhead, comedo - a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin

damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

defile, sully, taint, corrupt, cloud - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"

blemish, deface, disfigure - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"

maim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

gouge, force out - force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"