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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Ninescore :: Ninescore (n.) The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.
Twenty :: Twenty (n.) The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score..
Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
Sixty :: Sixty (a.) Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.
Dioscorea :: Dioscorea (n.) A genus of plants. See Yam.
Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
Notch :: Notch (v. t.) To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick..
Fourscore :: Fourscore (n.) Four times twenty; eighty.
System :: System (n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n..
Hogscore :: Hogscore (n.) A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee.
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..
Tally :: Tally (n.) A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game..
Score :: Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..
Underline :: Underline (v. t.) To mark a line below, as words; to 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..
Tie :: Tie (v. i.) To make a tie; to make an equal score.
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..
Tabling :: Tabling (n.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding..
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..
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