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 mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
Table :: Table (v. t.) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf..
Twenty :: Twenty (n.) The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score..
Fourscore :: Fourscore (n.) The product of four times twenty; eighty units or objects.
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..
Hundred :: Hundred (a.) Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars..
Notch :: Notch (v. t.) To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick..
Score :: Score (n.) A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
Condignity :: Condignity (n.) Merit, acquired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence..
Tabling :: Tabling (n.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding..
Produce :: Produce (v. t.) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore..
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..
Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
Understroke :: Understroke (v. t.) To underline or underscore.
Scorer :: Scorer (n.) One who, or that which, scores..
Score :: Score (n.) The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number..
Ninescore :: Ninescore (a.) Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty..
Sulcation :: Sulcated (a.) Scored with deep and regular furrows; furrowed or grooved; as, a sulcated stem..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.
Yam :: Yam (n.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated..
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