Definition of score

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Score (v. t.) To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash..

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Eighty :: Eighty (a.) Eight times ten; fourscore.
Game :: Game (v. i.) That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game..
Ninescore :: Ninescore (n.) The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
Twelvescore :: Twelvescore (n. & a.) Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.
Scotch :: Scotch (n.) A slight cut or incision; a score.
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..
Underscore :: Underscore (v. t.) To draw a mark or line under; to underline.
Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
Fourscore :: Fourscore (n.) Four times twenty; eighty.
Notch :: Notch (v. t.) To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick..
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..
Score :: Score (n.) A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account..
Score :: Score (n.) A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
Score :: Score (n.) A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.
Understroke :: Understroke (v. t.) To underline or underscore.
Tick :: Tick (v. t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with..
Bezique :: Bezique (n.) A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points..
Score :: 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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