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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Opera :: Opera (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music..
Twenty :: Twenty (n.) The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score..
Tally :: Tally (v. i.) To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game..
Eighty :: Eighty (a.) Eight times ten; fourscore.
Tick :: Tick (v. t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
Size :: Size (v. i.) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book..
Score :: Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..
Single :: Single (n.) A unit; one; as, to score a single..
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..
Score :: Score (v. t.) To engrave, as upon a shield..
Notch :: Notch (v. t.) To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick..
Scored :: Scored (imp. & p. p.) of Scor.
Nick :: Nick (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
Love :: Love (n.) Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc..
Ninescore :: Ninescore (n.) The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.
Score :: Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..
Dioscorea :: Dioscorea (n.) A genus of plants. See Yam.
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..
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..
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