(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.
(n.) An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence,
indebtedness.
(n.) Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
(n.) The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or
tally; hence, in pl., a large number.
(n.) A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient
archery and gunnery.
(n.) A weight of twenty pounds.
(n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of
them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.
(n.) A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
(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.
(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.
(v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches,
for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.
(v. t.) To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or
account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
(v. t.) To engrave, as upon a shield.
(v. t.) To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
(v. t.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to
score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.
(n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of
New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.
