| Score (score) |
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| n. | (sk r) |
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| Score |
| [AS. scor
twenty, fr. sceran, scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or
rather the kindred Icel. skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan.
skure a notch, Sw. skåra. See Shear.] |
A notch or incision; especially, one that is
made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of
account.
An account or reckoning; account of dues;
bill; hence, indebtedness.
Account; reason; motive; sake;
behalf.
The number twenty, as being marked off by a
special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large
number.
A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used
in ancient archery and gunnery.
A weight of twenty pounds.
The number of points gained by the
contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or
cricket.
A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
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.
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| Score (score) |
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| v. t. | (skr) |
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| Score |
| [imp.
*** p. p. Scored (sk&omacr]rd); p. pr. *** vb.
n. Scoring.] |
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.
Especially, to mark with significant lines
or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to
score a tally.
To mark or signify by lines or notches; to
keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to
charge.
To engrave, as upon a shield.
To make a score of, as points, runs, etc.,
in a game.
To write down in proper order
and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See
Score, n., 9.
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| Score (score) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Score |
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To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer.
To make or count a point or points, as in
a game; to tally.
To run up a score, or account of
dues.
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