SCORE

Definitions

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