| score |
noun |
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., 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., To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch. |
| scorn |
noun |
Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object., An act or expression of extreme contempt., An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision., To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain., To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride., To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully. |