score \score\ sk=or, n. as. scor twenty, fr. sceran,
   scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or rather the kindred icel.
   skor incision, twenty, akin to dan. skure a notch, sw.
   skara. see shear.
   1. a notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a
      tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose
      of account.
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            whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books
            but the score and the tally, thou hast caused
            printing to be used.                  --shak.
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   2. an account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence,
      indebtedness.
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            he parted well, and paid his score.   --shak.
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   3. account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
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            but left the trade, as many more
            have lately done on the same score.   --hudibras.
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            you act your kindness in cydaria's score. --dryden.
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   4. the number twenty, as being marked off by a special score
      or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.
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            amongst three or four score hogsheads. --shak.
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            at length the queen took upon herself to grant
            patents of monopoly by scores.        --macaulay.
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   5. a distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient
      archery and gunnery. --halliwell.
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   6. a weight of twenty pounds. prov. eng.
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   7. the number of points gained by the contestants, or either
      of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.
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   8. a line drawn; a groove or furrow.
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   9. mus. 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. --moore encyc. of music.
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   10. the grade received on an examination, such as those given
       in school or as a qualifying examination for a job or
       admission to school; -- it may be expressed as a
       percentage of answers which are correct, or as a number
       or letter; as, a score of 98 in a civil service exam.
       pjc

   in score mus., having all the parts arranged and placed
      in juxtaposition. --smart.

   to quit scores, to settle or balance accounts; to render an
      equivalent; to make compensation.
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            does not the earth quit scores with all the elements
            in the noble fruits that issue from it? --south.
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see also:
shear in score to quit scores 

quit \quit\, v. t. imp.  p. p. quit or quitted; p. pr. 
   vb. n. quitting. oe. quiten, of. quiter, quitier,
   cuitier, f. quitter, to acquit, quit, ll. quietare, fr. l.
   quietare to calm, to quiet, fr. quietus quiet. see quiet,
   a., and cf. quit, a., quite, acquit, requite.
   1. to set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or
      oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. r.
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            to quit you of this fear, you have already looked
            death in the face; what have you found so terrible
            in it?                                --wake.
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   2. to release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the
      like; to absolve; to acquit.
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            there may no gold them quyte.         --chaucer.
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            god will relent, and quit thee all his debt.
                                                  --milton.
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   3. to discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and
      satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to
      requite; to repay.
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            the blissful martyr quyte you your meed. --chaucer.
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            enkindle all the sparks of nature
            to quit this horrid act.              --shak.
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            before that judge that quits each soul his hire.
                                                  --fairfax.
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   4. to meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of;
      to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.
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            be strong, and quit yourselves like men. --1 sam.
                                                  iv. 9.
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            samson hath quit himself
            like samson.                          --milton.
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   5. to carry through; to go through to the end. obs.
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            never worthy prince a day did quit
            with greater hazard and with more renown. --daniel.
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   6. to have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to
      depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to
      quit the place; to quit jesting.
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            such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth
            for appearance.                       --locke.
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   to quit cost, to pay; to reimburse.

   to quit scores, to make even; to clear mutually from
      demands.
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            does not the earth quit scores with all the elements
            in the noble fruits that issue from it? --south.
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   syn: to leave; relinquish; resign; abandon; forsake;
        surrender; discharge; requite.

   usage: quit, leave. leave is a general term, signifying
          merely an act of departure; quit implies a going
          without intention of return, a final and absolute
          abandonment.
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see also:
quit quitted quitting quiet quite acquit 
requite to quit cost to quit scores leave