Definition of score

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Score (n.) Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.

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Score :: Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..
Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
Score :: Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..
Score :: Score (n.) A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.
Post :: Post (n.) The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt..
Scored :: Scored (imp. & p. p.) of Scor.
Game :: Game (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest..
Dictyogen :: Dictyogen (n.) A plant with net-veined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreaceae, Smilaceae, Trilliaceae, etc..
Lap :: Lap (n.) In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game..
Bezique :: Bezique (n.) A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points..
Goal :: Goal (n.) A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts..
Taille :: Taille (n.) A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.
Out :: Out (a.) Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.
Twenty :: Twenty (n.) The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score..
Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
Tally :: Tally (n.) To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..
Hogscore :: Hogscore (n.) A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee.
Nick :: Nick (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.
Score :: Score (v. t.) To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
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