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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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..
Scorer :: Scorer (n.) One who, or that which, scores..
Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points..
Dioscorea :: Dioscorea (n.) A genus of plants. See Yam.
Underscore :: Underscore (v. t.) To draw a mark or line under; to underline.
Score :: 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..
Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
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.
Taille :: Taille (n.) A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..
Twenty :: Twenty (n.) The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score..
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
Size :: Size (v. i.) To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book..
Hundred :: Hundred (a.) Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars..
Eightscore :: Eightscore (a. & n.) Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.
Hogscore :: Hogscore (n.) A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee.
Twelvescore :: Twelvescore (n. & a.) Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.
Fourscore :: Fourscore (n.) Four times twenty; eighty.
Goal :: Goal (n.) A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts..
Bezique :: Bezique (n.) A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points..
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