Definition of score

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Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..

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Score :: Score (n.) An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness..
Scored :: Scored (imp. & p. p.) of Scor.
Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Underline :: Underline (v. t.) To mark a line below, as words; to underscore..
Run :: Run (n.) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs..
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..
Single :: Single (n.) A unit; one; as, to score a single..
Tally :: Tally (n.) A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game..
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
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..
Scotch :: Scotch (n.) A slight cut or incision; a score.
Sulcation :: Sulcated (a.) Scored with deep and regular furrows; furrowed or grooved; as, a sulcated stem..
Fourscore :: Fourscore (n.) The product of four times twenty; eighty units or objects.
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.
Understroke :: Understroke (v. t.) To underline or underscore.
Score :: Score (n.) A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account..
Taille :: Taille (n.) A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.
System :: System (n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n..
Score :: Score (n.) Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
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..
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