Definition of score

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Score (n.) A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.

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Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..
Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Score :: Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..
Scotch :: Scotch (v. t.) To cut superficially; to wound; to score.
Taille :: Taille (n.) A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.
Tally :: Tally (n.) To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit..
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..
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.
Tabling :: Tabling (n.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding..
Twenty :: Twenty (n.) The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score..
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..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.
Music :: Music (n.) The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.
Three-score :: Three-score (a.) Thrice twenty; sixty.
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..
Opera :: Opera (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music..
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.
Game :: Game (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest..
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..
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