Definition of score

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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..

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Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with..
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..
Taille :: Taille (n.) A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.
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..
Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points..
Opera :: Opera (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music..
Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
Dioscorea :: Dioscorea (n.) A genus of plants. See Yam.
Score :: Score (v. t.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9..
Underline :: Underline (v. t.) To mark a line below, as words; to underscore..
Ninescore :: Ninescore (n.) The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.
Score :: Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..
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..
Sevenscore :: Sevenscore (n. & a.) Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty..
Hundred :: Hundred (n.) The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C..
Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
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..
Twelvescore :: Twelvescore (n. & a.) Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.
Score :: Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..
Three-score :: Three-score (a.) Thrice twenty; sixty.
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