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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Hundred :: Hundred (a.) Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars..
Scored :: Scored (imp. & p. p.) of Scor.
Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
Score :: Score (n.) The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number..
Notch :: Notch (v. t.) To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick..
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..
Tabling :: Tabling (n.) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding..
Tick :: Tick (v. t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to 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..
Sevenscore :: Sevenscore (n. & a.) Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty..
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..
Score :: Score (n.) Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
Score :: Score (v. t.) To engrave, as upon a shield..
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..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..
Score :: Score (n.) An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness..
Ninescore :: Ninescore (a.) Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty..
Tally :: Tally (n.) Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept..
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..
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.
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