Definition of score

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Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..

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Hogscore :: Hogscore (n.) A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee.
Tally :: Tally (n.) To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit..
Score :: Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..
Tabling :: Tabling (n.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding..
Single :: Single (n.) A unit; one; as, to score a single..
Out :: Out (a.) Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.
Lap :: Lap (n.) In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game..
Yam :: Yam (n.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated..
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..
Game :: Game (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest..
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..
Twenty :: Twenty (n.) The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score..
Tie :: Tie (v. i.) To make a tie; to make an equal score.
Tally :: Tally (n.) A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game..
Post :: Post (n.) The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..
Underline :: Underline (v. t.) To mark a line below, as words; to underscore..
Tick :: Tick (v. t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
Fourscore :: Fourscore (n.) The product of four times twenty; eighty units or objects.
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..
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