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e for the purpose of account. Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used. Shak.

One who, or that which, scores.

A genus of plants. See Yam.

Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.

Four times twenty; eighty.

A distance lime brawn across the rink or course between the middle line and the tee. [Scot.]

The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.

times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty. The old Countess of Desmond . . . lived sevenscore years. Bacon.

Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty.

Thrice twenty; sixty.

Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.

To draw a mark or line under; to underline. J. Tucker.

r that deal, there being heavy penalties for a player's failure to make good his bid. The score value of each trick more than six taken by the successful bidder is as follows: when the trump is spades, 2; clubs, 6; diamonds, 7; hearts, 8; royal spades (lilies), 9; and when the deal is played with no trump, 10.…

A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.

A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.

tments. -- To box up. (a) To put into a box in order to save; as, he had boxed up twelve score pounds. (b) To confine; as, to be boxed up in narrow quarters.

To fall out; to terminate friendship. To break upon the score of danger or expense is to be mean and narrow-spirited. Collier.

Merit, acguired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence. Such a worthiness of condignity, and proper merit of the heavenly glory, cannot be found in any the best, most perfect, and excellent of created beings. Bp. Bull.

ection for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.

bage. John Hall. Cribbage board, a board with holes and pegs, used by cribbage players to score their game.