Definition of score

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Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..

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Twelvescore :: Twelvescore (n. & a.) Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.
Size :: Size (v. i.) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book..
Score :: Score (n.) Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
Tally :: Tally (n.) To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit..
Fourscore :: Fourscore (n.) Four times twenty; eighty.
Sevenscore :: Sevenscore (n. & a.) Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty..
Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points..
Score :: Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..
Score :: Score (n.) A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
Three-score :: Three-score (a.) Thrice twenty; sixty.
Single :: Single (n.) A unit; one; as, to score a single..
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..
Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
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..
Scotch :: Scotch (v. t.) To cut superficially; to wound; to score.
Dioscorea :: Dioscorea (n.) A genus of plants. See Yam.
Eightscore :: Eightscore (a. & n.) Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.
Score :: Score (v. t.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9..
Taille :: Taille (n.) A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.
Tally :: Tally (v. i.) To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game..
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