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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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..
Notch :: Notch (v. t.) To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick..
Sixscore :: Sixscore (a. & n.) Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty.
Tally :: Tally (n.) Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept..
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with..
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..
Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
Single :: Single (n.) A unit; one; as, to score a single..
Taille :: Taille (n.) A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.
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..
Sevenscore :: Sevenscore (n. & a.) Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty..
Game :: Game (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest..
Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
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..
Score :: Score (n.) Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
Score :: Score (v. t.) To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game..
Twenty :: Twenty (n.) The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score..
Underscore :: Underscore (v. t.) To draw a mark or line under; to underline.
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..
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
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