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 (n.) The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number..
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
Tick :: Tick (v. t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
Tally :: Tally (n.) To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit..
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with..
Game :: Game (v. i.) That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game..
Dioscorea :: Dioscorea (n.) A genus of plants. See Yam.
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..
Opera :: Opera (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music..
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..
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 (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..
Eightscore :: Eightscore (a. & n.) Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.
Score :: Score (n.) A weight of twenty pounds.
Underline :: Underline (v. t.) To mark a line below, as words; to underscore..
Underscore :: Underscore (v. t.) To draw a mark or line under; to underline.
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..
Sixscore :: Sixscore (a. & n.) Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty.
System :: System (n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..
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