Definition of score

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Score (n.) A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.

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Score :: Score (v. t.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9..
Fourscore :: Fourscore (n.) Four times twenty; eighty.
Crescendo :: Crescendo (a. & adv.) With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score..
Music :: Music (n.) The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.
Tabling :: Tabling (n.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding..
Tally :: Tally (n.) Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept..
Set :: Set (n.) A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce..
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.
Condignity :: Condignity (n.) Merit, acquired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence..
Bezique :: Bezique (n.) A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points..
Score :: Score (n.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts..
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..
Underscore :: Underscore (v. t.) To draw a mark or line under; to underline.
Understroke :: Understroke (v. t.) To underline or underscore.
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..
Hogscore :: Hogscore (n.) A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee.
Score :: Score (v. t.) To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash..
Score :: Score (n.) A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
Love :: Love (n.) Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc..
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race..
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