Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scored
   (sk[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.]
   1. 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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            Let us score their backs.             --Shak.
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            A briar in that tangled wilderness
            Had scored her white right hand.      --M. Arnold.
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   2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for
      indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a
      tally.
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   3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or
      account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
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            Madam, I know when,
            Instead of five, you scored me ten.   --Swift.
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            Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score. --Shak.
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   4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.] --Spenser.
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   5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
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   6. (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as,
      to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.
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   7. (Geol.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the
      rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in
      the drift epoch.
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