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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Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..
Sixty :: Sixty (a.) Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with..
Three-score :: Three-score (a.) Thrice twenty; sixty.
Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
Twenty :: Twenty (n.) The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score..
Twelvescore :: Twelvescore (n. & a.) Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.
Underline :: Underline (v. t.) To mark a line below, as words; to underscore..
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..
Tally :: Tally (n.) A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game..
Hundred :: Hundred (n.) The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C..
Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
Eightscore :: Eightscore (a. & n.) Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.
Underscore :: Underscore (v. t.) To draw a mark or line under; to underline.
Scored :: Scored (imp. & p. p.) of Scor.
Score :: Score (n.) A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account..
Tally :: Tally (n.) To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit..
Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Scotch :: Scotch (v. t.) To cut superficially; to wound; to score.
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..
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