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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Score :: Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..
Ninescore :: Ninescore (n.) The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.
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..
Hundred :: Hundred (a.) Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars..
Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Opera :: Opera (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music..
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..
Eighty :: Eighty (a.) Eight times ten; fourscore.
Tally :: Tally (v. i.) To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game..
Underscore :: Underscore (v. t.) To draw a mark or line under; to underline.
Score :: Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race..
Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
Taille :: Taille (n.) A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.
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.
Deuce :: Deuce (n.) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned 40 all), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game..
Bezique :: Bezique (n.) A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points..
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