Definition of score

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Score (n.) The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number..

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Score :: Score (v. t.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9..
Scotch :: Scotch (v. t.) To cut superficially; to wound; to score.
Eightscore :: Eightscore (a. & n.) Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.
Opera :: Opera (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music..
Understroke :: Understroke (v. t.) To underline or underscore.
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
Tie :: Tie (v. i.) To make a tie; to make an equal score.
Tick :: Tick (v. t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
Love :: Love (n.) Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc..
Dioscorea :: Dioscorea (n.) A genus of plants. See Yam.
Score :: Score (n.) Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
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..
Partition :: Partition (v.) A score.
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..
Score :: Score (n.) A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.
Ninescore :: Ninescore (n.) The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.
Bezique :: Bezique (n.) A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points..
Underscore :: Underscore (v. t.) To draw a mark or line under; to underline.
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..
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..
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